| Re: q: can I invoke a superclass' INIT method? [message #9801] |
Wed, 20 August 1997 00:00 |
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In article <33FB5A6A.3487@grc.varian.com>, Mirko Vukovic
<mirko.vukovic@grc.varian.com> writes:
> It seems that I cannot access an object's supperclass' INIT method. Is
> that the correct behavior? My reading of the INIT method section,
> second paragraph (p. 16 of the object and object grahics book) suggests
> otherwise.
No, you can do what you want. Here is an example from one of my routines.
epics_mca is a subclass of mca. In the epics_mca INIT method I call the
INIT method of the superclass. It works.
;*********************************************************** ******************
function epics_mca::init, record_name
t = self->mca::init()
self.record_name = record_name
status = caget( self.record_name, temp, max = 1) ; see if it exists
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