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[surya goutham datta rejeti]

public class Test {

public void takeMethod(String s) {
System.out.println("A");
}

public void takeMethod(Object s) {
System.out.println(s);
}
public static void main(String[] args){
Test test= new Test();
test.takeMethod(null);
}
}
This is working fine with "A" as out put. Why so, both String and Object can take null.

Then why not
public class asd {


public void takeMethod(Test s) {
System.out.println("A");
}

public void takeMethod(NewOne s) {
System.out.println(s);
}
public static void main(String[] args){
asd test= new asd();
asd.takeMethod(null);
}

}
class Test {
}
class NewOne{}

It is compile error .compiler ambiguity

[Rob Spoor]

The compiler always tries the most specific version. In the first example that's String, and it works because String extends Object.
In the second example, there is no relation between Test and NewOne, so the compiler is at a cross roads and doesn't know which way to go.

Test it, let Test extend NewOne. You'll see it will work.