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  Description
 
    In related objects, a parent and child object may both contain a
    method with the same name. However, the method in the child
    object must be qualified with the OVERRIDE keyword. With OVERRIDE
    in effect, the run-time system directs messages to the child's
    method, not to the parent's overridden method.
 
    If you need access to the parent's method, qualify a message with
    INHERITED. When the run-time system encounters a message qualified
    with INHERITED, it ignores the child's method and sends the
    message to the parent's method.
 
  See also:  INHERITED, OBJECT