posted 21 years ago
Yes it can. Synchronized, native, and strictfp are keyword modifiers that specify an implementation detail. You can declare a base class method without a synchronized keyword, but add it to the overridden version. You're not changing the API at all, you're just changing the implementation, and that's what overriden methods are good at!
here's an example:
[ April 02, 2002: Message edited by: Rob Ross ]