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Invoking Superclass Methods

• Can't access private fields of superclass
  

  public class Manager extends Employee
  {
    public double getSalary()
    {
       return salary + bonus;
          // ERROR - salary is a  
          // private field of Employee
    }
    ...
  }
  

• Be careful when calling superclass method

    public double getSalary()
    {
      return getSalary() + bonus;
        // ERROR - need to call super.getSalary() or
        //           else this is a recursive call
    }
  

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