How to call a method in a class hierarchy?

Question

I have this super class which extends from another class

public abstract class AbstractDOEMessageFinderAction extends BasicObjectFinder {

    public Object performBasicSearch() {

        // works fine because getQuery is defined in BasicObjectFinder
        return getQuery(); 
    }

The other class is ISIRFinderAction which extends from AbstractDOEMessageDashboardAction

ISIRFinderAction extends AbstractDOEMessageDashboardAction {

    // My aim is to make sure this method works so that I will make
    // the super class's performBasicSearch() method abstract.

    public Object performBasicSearch() {

        // this one doesnt even compile but it extends AbstractDOEMessageDashboardAction
        // which in turn extends BasicObjectFinder
        return getQuery();

    }

}

Am I missing something? Why is getQuery not working. I thought it would search it in the class hierarchy.

Answer 1

The second class extends AbstractDOEMessageDashboardAction not AbstractDOEMessageFinderAction.

Answer 2

Does AbstractDOEMessageDashboardAction also extend BasicObjectFinder?

(Note, AbstractDOEMessageDashboardAction is ofcourse not the same as AbstractDOEMessageFinderAction).