superclass
superclass
Definition
super·class (so̵̅o̅′pər klas′, -kläs′)
noun
a natural subdivision that includes a group of related classes within a zoological phylum or a botanical division
superclass
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- call: This makes sure the allocation is valid before calling the superclass.
- follow: The value must be greater than 0. Inherited Resources List inherits behavior and resources from the following superclasses.
- envelop: This technique is referred to as enveloping the superclass 's operation.
Converse of subject
- calculate: The subclass needs to know if its superclass's size was calculated by the superclass or was specified explicitly.
- compute: How does a subclass know the difference between a specified size and a size computed by a superclass?
Adjective modifier
- abstract: Toolkit This class is the abstract superclass of all actual implementations of the Abstract Window Toolkit.
- common: It main purpose is to be used as a common superclass for the other simple Athena widgets.
Modifies a noun
- behavior: This uses the desired column and row settings if they have been set, otherwise the superclass behavior is used.
- chain: In the case of multiple object class membership, there are several superclass chains in the list.
- method: In the new classes that redefine the superclass methods, the original method of superclass can be called using ` super ' .
- procedure: The new widget starts with the values in the request, but it has been updated by all superclass initialization procedures called so far.
- structure: The XtSuperclass function returns a pointer to the widget's superclass class structure.
Noun used with modifier
- nonwidget: In release 4 of the Intrinsics, three nonwidget superclasses were added above Core.
Possessives
- operation: Inheritance of Superclass Operations A widget class is free to use any of its superclass's self-contained operations rather than implementing its own code.
- processevent: If the event is a ContainerEvent, it invokes the processContainerEvent method, else it invokes its superclass's processEvent.
- procedure: Obtaining a Widget's Action List Occasionally a subclass will require the pointers to one or more of its superclass's action procedures.
Preposition: of
- class: This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
- component: Both of these methods are defined by Component, the abstract superclass of all components.
- widget: To obtain the superclass of a widget, use XtSuperclass.
Preposition: for
- class: Xt generally supplies widget classes designed to be superclasses for other classes.
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