To prove that methods can be overriden but attributes cannot be.

[Khuma Chhakchhuak]

I have run the following code (JunkFirst.java)in eclipse to prove that only methods can be overriden. It is throwing runtime exception "stackoverflow". How do I correct the error?

class First {

	protected String aa = "hello darling";
	
	public void printHello() {
		
		System.out.println(aa);
	}
}

class Child extends First {
	
	private String aa = "second hello";
	
	Child cc = new Child();
	
}

public class JunkFirst {

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		
		Child cc = new Child();
		cc.printHello();
	}
}

[dennis deems]

You have an infinite recursion. In your definition of the class Child, you have an instantiation of that class. That means that any time you try to instantiate a new Child, that instance will instantiate a new Child, and then that instance will instantiate a new Child, and so and so on until the stack runs out of space.

[Khuma Chhakchhuak]

Thanks Dennis.