behaviour of superclass method!!!

[sivaramp pratapa]

i have three classes altogether
the heirarchy goes this way
class A
{
void M1()
{
Print("I am in M1 of class A");
M2();
}
void M2()
{
Print("I am in M2 of class A");
}
};
class B extends A
{
void M2()
{
Print("I am in M2 of class B");
}
};
class C
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
B b =new B();
b.M1();
}
};
The output of this is
Print("I am in M1 of class A");
Print("I am in M2 of class B");
when i call M2() from M1() of A, why is that M2() of B is responded.
please explain.

[Joel McNary]

...Because the object that is responding to the method is of class B. This feature is called polymorphism and is a very important part of object-oriented programming. See How my Dog learned Polymorphism

[Joe Pluta]

It's important to realize that you created an object of class B. By default, it inherits all the methods of class A (except private methods).
So, by default B starts witj two methods, M1 and M2. B inherits the M1 method from class A, so it uses the code in class A. However, B declares it's own version of M2, which in effect overrides the M2 method in class A. So it looks a little like this:
A B
M1 --
M2 M2
The dashed lines indicate that B has no M1 method of its own, so it must use the one from class A. A uses its own M1 and M2, but B uses the M1 from A and its own M2.
Ta da! You have now mastered inheritance and polymorphism!
Joe