Index: src/org/python/core/PyJavaType.java
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--- src/org/python/core/PyJavaType.java	(revision 6258)
+++ src/org/python/core/PyJavaType.java	(working copy)
@@ -229,7 +229,33 @@
             // returns just the public methods
             methods = forClass.getMethods();
         } else {
-            methods = forClass.getDeclaredMethods();
+            List<Class> classes = new ArrayList<Class>();
+            //Firt collect all the classes from here to Object (in rev. order)
+            for (Class c = forClass; c != null; c=c.getSuperclass()) {
+                classes.add(0, c);
+            }
+            // Now we will walk down from object to our current class
+            // in the process maintain a map that maps method signature to
+            // methods. This should be pretty close (exact?) to the java
+            // method overriding rules.
+            Map<String,Method> sigMap = Generic.map();
+            for (Class c : classes) {
+                for (Method m : c.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+                    // Here we are building a string representation of the
+                    // function name+signature
+                    String sig = m.getName() +"(";
+                    for (Class t : m.getParameterTypes()) {
+                        // Not sure if this is exact enough ... if two types
+                        // happened to have the same representation spit out by
+                        // toString we would be messed up. Also, does this
+                        // properly deal with generics?!?
+                        sig += t.toString() + ',';
+                    }
+                    sigMap.put(sig, m);
+                }
+            }
+
+            methods = sigMap.values().toArray(new Method[0]);
             for (Method method : methods) {
                 method.setAccessible(true);
             }