• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
programming forums Java Mobile Certification Databases Caching Books Engineering Micro Controllers OS Languages Paradigms IDEs Build Tools Frameworks Application Servers Open Source This Site Careers Other Pie Elite all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
Marshals:
  • Campbell Ritchie
  • Jeanne Boyarsky
  • Ron McLeod
  • Paul Clapham
  • Liutauras Vilda
Sheriffs:
  • paul wheaton
  • Rob Spoor
  • Devaka Cooray
Saloon Keepers:
  • Stephan van Hulst
  • Tim Holloway
  • Carey Brown
  • Frits Walraven
  • Tim Moores
Bartenders:
  • Mikalai Zaikin

abstract methods

 
Ranch Hand
Posts: 51
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hi,

Can abstract methods be static ?

Thanks
 
Ranch Hand
Posts: 1272
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
An abstract method must be overridden and a static method cannot be overridden, so no.
 
Ranch Hand
Posts: 247
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
That's not quite right.
You can override a static method.

However you can not have a abstract static method.
This is because a static method can belongs to the class and must have implementation so when called with out instanciating an object of the class it will work. A abstract method however has no implementation so can't be static.
 
Ranch Hand
Posts: 411
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator


That's not quite right.
You can override a static method.



You cannot override static methods, what seems to be overriding is actually hiding. Please refer this link
for details.

and here is one more excellent article by Corey
click me
[ January 06, 2005: Message edited by: Jay Pawar ]
 
Ranch Hand
Posts: 1880
Firefox Browser Java
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
We cannot override static methods.
We can only hide the static methods.
 
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic