Ytukyg

I'm coming up with a set of Java classes for templating.

I have an abstract template:

package Test;



public class Abstract {

    protected String template = "ABSTRACT TEMPLATE";

    public Abstract() {



    }



    public void Render() {

        System.out.println("FROM ABSTRACT RENDER:");

        System.out.println(this.template);

    }

}

And an actual one:

package Test;



public class Actual extends Abstract {

    protected String template = "ACTUAL TEMPLATE";

    public Actual() {

        super();

        System.out.println("FROM ACTUAL CONSTRUCTOR:");

        System.out.println(this.template);

    }



    public void Test() {

        System.out.println("FROM ACTUAL TEST:");

        System.out.println(this.template);

    }

}

I'm having trouble getting the extending class to reset the value of a protected attribute (in this case template) and letting be used by the abstract method.

This is my use case:

Actual actual = new Actual();

actual.Render();

actual.Test();

And this is my output:

FROM ACTUAL CONSTRUCTOR:

ACTUAL TEMPLATE

FROM ABSTRACT RENDER:

ABSTRACT TEMPLATE <--- this is the problem, why not "ACTUAL"?

FROM ACTUAL TEST:

ACTUAL TEMPLATE

How do I override that value from the child class? If I don't set it to anything, calling the abstract method will always say the attribute is null, even though it's set in the child class.