Overriding Private method

[umar hathab]

Hi,
Can we override private method?(I am able to override but i have some confusions)
Thanks.
A.umar

[Fisher Daniel]

Dear Umar,
You can override private method with private, default(friendly), protected, or public method in subclass.
If you have default(friendly) method, it can override with friendly, protected or public method.
If you have protected method, it can override with protected or public method.
If you have public method, it can override only with public method.
Hope this help you
thanks

[Paul Anilprem]

You can only override something that you already have. private methods are not inherited by the subclass and so there is no question of overriding it.
You can obviously have a method in subclass with the same signature as the method in baseclass but it would have no relation to the base class method. It would be as independent as any other method with different signature.

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[Jose Botella]

No private methods can not be overrriden because they are not inhereted and because they are statically binded -as static ones-
If you place a method with the same signature as a private one declared in a superclass you won't obtain the polymorphic beheavior that is common for instance methods:

class Father {
private void method() {
System.out.println("private in Father");
}
void method2() {
method();
}
}
public class Test extends Father {
private void method() {
System.out.println("private in Test");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Father dady = new Test();
dady.method2();
}
}

Here you will see method in Fahter is called. Compare it with the result if placing public instead