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The document discusses the super keyword in Java, which refers to the immediate parent class. It can be used to access parent class variables, methods, and invoke the parent class constructor. Examples are provided to demonstrate these uses.

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Super Keyword in Java - Javatpoint

The document discusses the super keyword in Java, which refers to the immediate parent class. It can be used to access parent class variables, methods, and invoke the parent class constructor. Examples are provided to demonstrate these uses.

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Super Keyword in Java

The super keyword in Java is a reference variable which is used to refer immediate parent class
object.

Whenever you create the instance of subclass, an instance of parent class is created implicitly
which is referred by super reference variable.

Usage of Java super Keyword

1. super can be used to refer immediate parent class instance variable.

2. super can be used to invoke immediate parent class method.

3. super() can be used to invoke immediate parent class constructor.

1) super is used to refer immediate parent class instance


variable.
We can use super keyword to access the data member or field of parent class. It is used if
parent class and child class have same fields.
class Animal{
String color="white";
}
class Dog extends Animal{
String color="black";
void printColor(){
System.out.println(color);//prints color of Dog class
System.out.println(super.color);//prints color of Animal class
}
}
class TestSuper1{
public static void main(String args[]){
Dog d=new Dog();
d.printColor();
}}

Test it Now

Output:

black
white

In the above example, Animal and Dog both classes have a common property color. If we print
color property, it will print the color of current class by default. To access the parent property,
we need to use super keyword.

2) super can be used to invoke parent class method


The super keyword can also be used to invoke parent class method. It should be used if
subclass contains the same method as parent class. In other words, it is used if method is
overridden.

class Animal{
void eat(){System.out.println("eating...");}
}
class Dog extends Animal{
void eat(){System.out.println("eating bread...");}
void bark(){System.out.println("barking...");}
void work(){
super.eat();
bark();
}
}
class TestSuper2{
public static void main(String args[]){
Dog d=new Dog();
d.work();
}}

Test it Now

Output:

eating...
barking...

In the above example Animal and Dog both classes have eat() method if we call eat() method
from Dog class, it will call the eat() method of Dog class by default because priority is given to
local.

To call the parent class method, we need to use super keyword.

3) super is used to invoke parent class constructor.


The super keyword can also be used to invoke the parent class constructor. Let's see a simple
example:

class Animal{
Animal(){System.out.println("animal is created");}
}
class Dog extends Animal{
Dog(){
super();
System.out.println("dog is created");
}
}
class TestSuper3{
public static void main(String args[]){
Dog d=new Dog();
}}

Test it Now

Output:

animal is created
dog is created

Note: super() is added in each class constructor automatically by compiler if there is no


super() or this().

As we know well that default constructor is provided by compiler automatically if there is no


constructor. But, it also adds super() as the first statement.

Another example of super keyword where super() is provided by the compiler implicitly.

class Animal{
Animal(){System.out.println("animal is created");}
}
class Dog extends Animal{
Dog(){
System.out.println("dog is created");
}
}
class TestSuper4{
public static void main(String args[]){
Dog d=new Dog();
}}

Test it Now

Output:

animal is created
dog is created

super example: real use


Let's see the real use of super keyword. Here, Emp class inherits Person class so all the
properties of Person will be inherited to Emp by default. To initialize all the property, we are
using parent class constructor from child class. In such way, we are reusing the parent class
constructor.

class Person{
int id;
String name;
Person(int id,String name){
this.id=id;
this.name=name;
}
}
class Emp extends Person{
float salary;
Emp(int id,String name,float salary){
super(id,name);//reusing parent constructor
this.salary=salary;
}
void display(){System.out.println(id+" "+name+" "+salary);}
}
class TestSuper5{
public static void main(String[] args){
Emp e1=new Emp(1,"ankit",45000f);
e1.display();
}}

Test it Now

Output:

1 ankit 45000

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