Overriding Vs Hiding Static Methods

[bsuribabu]

Hi all,

As all u know that we cannot override static methods
in derived class . But we can hide it with same signature of static methods .

I dont understand what is the basic diff between Overriding methods and Method hiding.


Suri

 

[palbano]

The difference manifests itself during polymorphism:

class A{
	public static String speak(){return "A.speak";}
	public String talk(){return "A.talk"; }
}
class B extends A{
	public static String speak(){return "B.speak";}
	public String talk(){return "B.talk"; }
}

// then in your main()
		 // employ polymorphism
		 A mya = new B();
		 System.out.println( mya.speak());	// static is still A
		 System.out.println( mya.talk());	// virtual function is B

The output is:
A.speak
B.talk

-pete