In this tutorial, I will show you how to get around the problem of calling a function that you have overridden in your class: how to call the parent class method.
Call Parent Class Methods
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Call Parent Class Methods
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We covered that when you override a function
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you override it entirely.
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In RebelShip, we're overriding getNameAndSpecs,
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which means that when this method is called on a RebelShip object
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the getNameAndSpecs inside of the original ship class,
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i.e. the parent class, is never called.
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In this case, that's sort of a problem,
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because it leaves us with all this code duplication.
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It would be way better if we could somehow call the parent method
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getNameAndSpecs inside of Ship,
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