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Subclasses in Superclass array
I have a superclass (Student) and two subclasses (RStudent and CStudent) that inherit from Student. I want to be able to have one ArrayList of both RStudent and CStudent. I tried just using ArrayList<Student> students = new Arraylist<>(); but I cant access any variables that are specific to the subclasses. For example if I use students.add(newCStudent), when I try use students.get(0).mark (which is a variable only in CStudent) it doesn't work. How can I do this?
Re: Subclasses in Superclass array
Cast the value from the List to the subclass it is to make its contents available.it doesn't work. How can I do this
Why are the subclasses mixed together in the List if you want to treat them as subclasses instead of strictly accessing them with superclass methods?
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