How to identify override method in Java byte code?

Question

I\'m now focusing on a project requiring insight of Java byte code.

With the help of bcel, I can now complete most of the work. One point that I\'m now not clear is

Answer 1

If you can't rely on the @Override attribute then it seems that according to the spec there is no other way to know by looking just at the class. I think you need to look at the superclasses.