Question

Given the code segment:

@Override
public String someMethod()
{
  return "foo";
}

Is there a way in Eclipse to quickly jump to the implementation in super? Since it’s annotated with @Override, I would think Eclipse would know how to do this.

For now as a clunky work-around, I’ll type in “super.someMethod();” as the first line (even though I don’t need it), click on the method name on that line, and hit F3.

I’m using Eclipse 3.4.1 (Ganymede) for Solaris.

Answer 1

There should be a little hollow arrow on the left of the method invocation line for the implementation of an interface method, and a little solid arrow on the left of the method invocation line for the implementation of a method override.

Left clicking on the hollow arrow takes you to the interface method.

Left clicking on the solid arrow takes you to the method that’s overridden.