How to access the methods and properties of a parent class in a programming language using the keyword super?

In programming languages such as Java and Kotlin, the keyword super is used to refer to methods and properties of the parent class from a subclass. This is useful when you need to call an overridden method of the parent or access its fields.

Example in Java:

class Parent {
    void show() {
        System.out.println("Parent method");
    }
}

class Child extends Parent {
    void show() {
        super.show(); // call to parent method
        System.out.println("Child method");
    }
}

In this example, super.show() calls the show() method from the Parent class.

In Kotlin:

open class Parent {
    open fun show() {
        println("Parent method")
    }
}

class Child : Parent() {
    override fun show() {
        super.show() // call to parent method
        println("Child method")
    }
}

Thus, super allows explicit access to the parent class's implementation.