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Push down Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
push down
v : cause to come or go down; "the policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "the mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" [syn: down, knock down, cut down, pull down]
Verb
1. cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
(synonym) down, knock down, cut down, pull down
(hypernym) strike
(hyponym) submarine
Push down Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In software engineering, Push Down refactoring involves moving a method from a superclass into a subclass. Compare the following Java classes before and after the Push Down refactor is applied:
public class SuperClass{
void methodA() {
//do something
}
void methodB() {
//do something else
}
}
public class SubClass extends SuperClass {
void methodC() {
//do something
}
}
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