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From: Knute Johnson <september@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: another error with @Override  with another code
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:57:20 -0800
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On 12/6/2013 9:26 PM, John B. Matthews wrote:
> On 12/6/13, 12:21 PM, Y HA wrote:
>> got this error with this code which also uses @Override
>>
>> # javac MySuperClass.java
>> MySuperClass.java:11: error: incompatible types
>>      @Override
>>       ^
>>    required: Annotation
>>    found:    Override
>> 1 error
>>
>>
>>
>> public class MySuperClass {
>>
>>      public void doTheThing() {
>>          System.out.println("Do the thing");
>>      }
>> }
>>
>>
>> class MySubClass extends MySuperClass{
>>
>>      @Override
>>      public void doTheThing() {
>>          System.out.println("Do it differently");
>>      }
>> }
>
> I see no error on the platform cited up-thread. You may have
> adventitious classes in the classpath. Start with a clean build; failing
> that, scrutinize your IDE's cache and your platform's java.ext.dirs.
>

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