Accessing super-class methods from super-class

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Hello,

consider this example (theoretically!!!):

class A {
    public void a() {
        b(); // calls B::b if 'this' is instance of B

        // silly workaround:
        ((B) this).help();
    }
    public void b() {
        System.out.println("A::b");
    }
}

class B extends A {
    @Override
    public void a() {
        super.a();
    }
    @Override
    public void b() {
        System.out.println("B::b");
    }
    public void help() {
        super.b();
    }
}

public class Test {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        A a = new B();
        a.a();
    }
}

Of course, the output is:
B::b
A::b

Is there any way to access A::b (as it would be in C++) from A.a in this case? I know that Java always uses dynamic binding etc., however, I'm interested if there exists better workaround than that above.

best regards,
Krzysztof Zmiek