Inheritance override draw()

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You have a better idea of your context, so if this make sense to you, then you should stick with it. After all, a lot of programming is subjective, so go with whatever fits in your brain the best!

But to hopefully explain what I meant, here’s a different example:

class Animal{

  Animal(){
    registerMethod("draw", this);
  }

  void draw(){
    println("hello I'm an animal");
  }
}

class Cat extends Animal{
  Animal animal;

  void draw(){
    super.draw();
    println("meow");
  }
}

In this example, it’s not clear to me why Cat needs to both extend Animal and contain an Animal variable. It’s also not clear to me why I should use registerMethod() instead of doing something like this:

Animal myAnimal = new Animal(); //could also be new Cat()

void draw(){
  myAnimal.draw();
}

But like I said, if your setup makes sense for your context, then feel free to ignore me!