SpireOverride

For overriding private methods from a superclass.

Normally it is impossible to override a private method of a superclass:

class A
{
    public void foo() {}

    protected void bar() {}

    private int baz(int i) { return i; }
}

class B extends A
{
    // Good
    @Override
    public void foo() {}

    // Good
    @Override
    protected void bar() {}

    // Error
    @Override
    private int baz(int i) { return i + 1; }
}

But SpireOverride allows you to:

class A
{
    private int baz(int i) { return i; }
}

class B extends A
{
    // Good
    @SpireOverride
    protected int baz(int i) { return i + 1; }
}

Note: Your SpireOverride method must be either protected or public. If you make it private the SpireOverride will not work.

If you want to call the super version of the SpireOverride method, use SpireSuper.call:

@SpireOverride
protected int baz(int i)
{
    // Error
    return super.baz(i + 1);
    // Use SpireSuper instead
    return SpireSuper.call(i + 1);
}