Overriding

[sandhi mridul]

Hi,
there are 2 programs only diffre in the static n non static.

    class Base
    {
        static void test() { 
            System.out.println("Base.test()");
        }
        
    }
    ////////////////////////////////////////////
    public class Child extends Base {
    
      static void test() {
            System.out.println("Child.test()");
      }
          
      static public void main(String[] a) {
        Child anObj  = new Child();
        Base baseObj = (Base)anObj;
        baseObj.test();            // its calling the base method
      }   
    } 

Ans= Base.test()

another code

 class Base
    {
        void test() { 
            System.out.println("Base.test()");
        }
        
    }
    ////////////////////////////////////////////
    public class Child extends Base {
    
      void test() {
            System.out.println("Child.test()");
      }
          
      static public void main(String[] a) {
        Child anObj  = new Child();
        Base baseObj = (Base)anObj;
        baseObj.test(); // its calling the child method
      }   
    }  

ans= Child.test()

My question is why the calling method class is getting change means at one place its Base class however at other its child class. What is the reason behind.

please explain me the how the call is going for a static method and nonstatic method?

Thanks
Sandhya

[Sergio Calvo]

See here: http://faq.javaranch.com/view?OverridingVsHiding

[Chethan C Gowda]

While calling static methods compiler checks for reference type not the obect type.
In example 1 you are calling static method using Base class reference, where as while calling instance method compiler checks for object type.