Overriding

Overriding methods, properties, calling the superclass implementation, and how to do so when using multiple inheritance

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This article is part of the Kotlin Primer, an opinionated guide to the Kotlin language, which is indented to help facilitate Kotlin adoption inside Java-centric organizations. It was originally written as an organizational learning resource for Etnetera a.s. and I would like to express my sincere gratitude for their support.

It is recommended to read the Introduction before moving on. Check out the Table of Contents for all articles.

Methods

Methods are also closed (final) by default, and must be marked as open to allow overriding. In the same manner, methods which override a base method must be marked by override.