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Forcing subclass to override method (WITHOUT USING ABSTRACT) - El Forum - 10-19-2008
[eluser]blasto333[/eluser]
Ok this might sound like an odd example where I want to force a subclass to override a method of a base class (which has implementation)
I have a Person Model (Superclass)
* exists
* get_all
* get_info
* get_multiple_info
* save
* delete
* delete_list
Then the sub classes
Customer extends Person
Employee extends Person
I want subclasses to overwrite the methods in red, but I don't want to make the model abstract because I have a need to make Person objects to use methods such as get_info and get_multiple info (without knowing if I have a customer or employee)
Is there a way to do this besides just remembering?