Override mainclass method partially

Question

Hi
Wondering is it possible to override parent class method partially or not.
I have a main class in which a method contains connection to database. based on the results set it will set the next page name.
I am extending the main class and overriding the parent method and based on the db connection results i want to set the next page name to different page rather than the main class page name. Here is a simple example as of what i want to achieve.
public class MainClass {
public void doSomething(){
try {
     int a = 2;
     int b = 1;
     if (a>b) {
System.out.println("MYNAME");
     }else {
     System.out.println("NoName");
System.out.println("Testing in progress...");
}catch (Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Error " + e);
public class ChildClass extends MainClass {
//Override parent method
public void doSomething() {
super.doSomething();
if (a>b) {
     System.out.println("NEWNAME");
System.out.println("child testing...");
The result i am looking at is,
NEWNAME,
child testing
testing in progress...
(order can be different also)
Is it doeable at all???
In a nutshell, i want to override only "if" Condition part of main class, all the remaining functionality should be same as parent method without rewriting all the code of parent method in child class.
Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

oh,i know your mean.
But it is not possible to override parent classmethod partially.
It is also not possible in other programming languages perhaps.
Can the parent class be modified? if can, change the class like this:
public class MainClass {
     public void doSomething(){
          try {
               int a = 2;
               int b = 1;
               comp(a,b);
               System.out.println("Testing in progress...");
          }catch (Exception e) {
               System.out.println("Error " + e);
          public void comp(int intA, int intB)
          if (intA>intB) {
          System.out.println("MYNAME");
          }else {
          System.out.println("NoName");
public class ChildClass extends MainClass {
//Override parent method
          public void comp(int intA, int intB)
          if (intA>intB) {
          System.out.println("NEWNAME");
          }else {
          System.out.println("child testing...");