Way to make Java parent class method return object of child class

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Is there any elegant way to make Java method located within parent class return object of child class, when this method is called from child class object?

I want to implement this without using additional interfaces and extra methods, and to use this without class casts, auxiliary arguments and so on.

Update:

Sorry that I was not so clear.

I want to implement method chaining, but I have problems with methods of parent class: I lose access to child class methods, when i call parent class methods... I suppose that I'v presented the core of my idea.

So the methods should return this object of this.getClass() class.

generics java
7 Answers

If you are using Kotlin, you can create an extension function

abstract class SuperClass
class SubClass: SuperClass()

fun <T : SuperClass> T.doSomething(): T {
    // do something
    return this
}

val subClass = SubClass().doSomething()
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