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    <p>I have a Super class and a bunch of subclasses. I want to have one field that has the same name in every single subclass, but I do not want it to be defined in the super class, or at least I do not want to use that value. This is what I have right now</p> <pre><code>public abstract class Big { public String tellMe = "BIG"; public Big() {} public void theMethod() { System.out.println ("Big was here: " + tellMe() + ", " + tellMe); } public String tellMe() { return tellMe; } } public class Little extends Big{ public String tellMe = "little"; public Little(){} public String tellMe() { return "told you"; } public static void main(String [] args) { Little l = new Little(); l.theMethod(); } } </code></pre> <p>When I run Little, this is the output</p> <p>Big was here: told you, BIG</p> <p>I am not sure why 'told you' is printed out while tellMe refers to "BIG". How can both be true?</p> <p>My problem is that I want the method tellMe() to be in Big, and to have the variable tellMe (that it will actually return) to be defined in all the subclasses. The only way I can get this to work is as I have written, by rewriting the tellMe() method in each subclass. But doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of inheritance??? Please help</p> <p>EDIT: I do not use the constructor in my subclasses. All I want is a field that can be set in all subclasses and a method in the super that uses those values. I don't understand why this isn't possible because every subclass would have to implement it, so it would make sense... If this simply is not possible, let me know please</p>
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    1. COThe method `tellMe()` and the field `tellMe` have absolutely no correlation, regardless of name.
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    2. COi know... I don;t udnerstand the purpose of this comment but thanks
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