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Revision as of 10:38, 30 October 2008
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Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 10/30/2008
Description
This method fails to override a similar method in its superclass because their parameter lists do not match.
This method declaration looks like an attempt to override a method in a superclass, but the parameter lists do not match, so the superclass method is not overridden.
Risk Factors
TBD
Examples
The class DeepFoundation is meant to override the method getArea() in its parent class, but the parameter lists are out of sync.
public class Foundation
{
public int getArea() {
...
}
}
class DeepFoundation extends Foundation
{
public int getArea(int a) {
...
}
}
Related Attacks
Related Vulnerabilities
Related Controls
Related Technical Impacts
References
TBD
