"this" reference confusion

Hi
It is a basic doubt about the this.
As I run the test program here I expect the out put to be :
mainTESTMISC
SUPERMISC
TestMisc@19821f
TESTMISC
class SuperMisc {
     public String     SRC     = "SUPERMISC";
     public void log() {
          System.out.println(SRC);
          System.out.println(this);
          System.out.println(this.SRC);
public class TestMisc extends SuperMisc {
     public String     SRC     = "TESTMISC";
     public static void main(String... args) {
          TestMisc t = new TestMisc();
          System.out.println("main" + t.SRC);
          t.log();
but the output actually is
mainTESTMISC
SUPERMISC
TestMisc@19821f
SUPERMISC
Not that there is something wrong happening here but only that I am not able to understand that why the this.SRC is still getting the value of SRC in the super class. while "this" is the TestMisc object and TestMisc has a variable SRC in it.
Please help in making me understand the reason for this behavior.
Sapan

sapan wrote:
Hi EJP,
I do not want to get the output as I expect, But my question is about the reason why this is happening.
I just want to understand what I am missing in the behavior of the "this".
Sapan'this' always refer to the class variable (present class), and the reason the output is coming like you mentioned is because: you calling the super class method and in super class method the visible variable "SRC' value is SUPERMIC. And the super class method can never look /use the derived class variable.
Edited by: 833545 on Jul 26, 2012 6:09 PM

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