Question

I am trying to design my (Java) classes and I am not sure what this is called– essential it goes something like this:

MediaPlayer // contains play(String filePath) method

OtherPlayer // extends MediaPlayer and inherits play(String filePath) 

MyObject  // extends OtherPlayer

The problem is– I want MyObject to call play without passing the string in. MyObject contains a private member and I want to simply call,

myobject.play();

Can I have MyObject overload play() but somehow call play(String filePath) using its private string?

Edit:

I want to avoid doing this:

myobject.play(myobject.getFilePath());

Answer 1

Assuming play(String) is public/protected, then simply:

class MyObject extends OtherPlayer {
    ...

    public void play() {
        play(myString);
    }

    private String myString;
}