shadow : Java Glossary

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shadow: When a subclass has a variable by the same name as one of its superclasses we call that shadowing. Be warned. The rules for inheritance for variables are quite different than for methods. Be careful. The rules for figuring out exactly which version of a variable get invoked are baroque.
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