can static method be overloaded ? reason?

[vianyrajnish rajnish]

hi all,

I am new to this forum.. i have a question

question :
can static method be overloaded ? reason?

please answer this anyone........

Thanks,
Vinay

[Shiva Battula]

Yes. Its simple question if you dont mind

[Suman Sharma]

Yes, static methods can be overloaded. The following example illustrates this.

class Test
{
static String Greet(String name)
{
String msg = "Good Morning! " + name;
return msg;
}
static int Greet(int nm)
{
return (nm*nm);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Test ts = new Test();
System.out.println(ts.Greet("Abhishek"));
System.out.println("Square value: " +ts.Greet(12));
}
}
class Test2 extends Test
{
static String Greet(String nm)
{

String msg = "Good Evening! " + nm;
return msg;
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Test2 ts2 = new Test2();
Test ts1 = new Test();
System.out.println(ts2.Greet("Abhishek"));
System.out.println(ts1.Greet("Sharad"));
System.out.println("Square value :" + ts1.Greet(2));
}
}

In the class Test, the static Greet methods are overloaded.

[Suman Sharma]

I am sorry. Please consider the following code:
The static methods are accessed by qualifying it with their class name, not object name.

public class Test {

static String Greet(String name)
{
String msg = "Good Morning! " + name;
return msg;
}
static int Greet(int nm)
{
return (nm*nm);
}

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

//Test ts = new Test();
System.out.println(Test.Greet("Abhishek"));
System.out.println("Square value: " + Test.Greet(12));

}

}

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[prasad valeti]

overriding concept is for only object behaviours not class level behaviours.The following example is working fine but that is not come under
overriding concept because static is class level not object level.

class A{
static void test(){
System.out.println("in class A");
}
}
class B extends A{
static void test(){
System.out.println("in class B");
}}
class C{
public static void main(String s[]){
A a = new B();
a.test(); // in class A
A a = new A();
a.test();// in class A
B b = new B();
b.test(); // in class B
}
}
if static methods are overridden at that moment it gives "in class B " but in the above example it is giving "in class A" means here considering

the referencing A not the object(new B()).