Overloading static methods

[Roll]

Which of the following statements are true?
1) Static methods cannot be overriden
2) Static methods cannot be overloaded
3) Private methods cannot be overloaded
4) An overloaded method cannot throw exceptions not checked in the base class
Marcus, you have given the answers to be 2) 3).
But i think the answer could only be 3) because look at the code below
class statics {
protected static void ameth() {
System.out.println("base");
}}
public class statics1 extends statics {
public static void ameth(int i) {
System.out.println("derived");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {

}
}
Any suggestions???

[Jim Yingst]

Marcus isn't here, and I'm not sure where (or if) he gave the answer you cite. But my answer is that only statement 1 is correct - static methods cannot be overridden. You may think you're overriding one, but what you're really doing is hiding it. Check out the JLS here for an explanation. All the other statements are false. Specifically for statement 3, private methods can be overloaded:
<code><pre>class Test
private void print() {
System.out.println("No argument");
}
private void print(int i) {
System.out.println("Integer argument " + i);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test t = new Test();
t.print();
t.print(1);
}
}
</pre></code>

[Tony Alicea]

Which of the following statements are true?
From what I understand of the questions,
1) Static methods cannot be overridden: TRUE. They are hidden instead. (Is that the word?)

2) Static methods cannot be overloaded. FALSE. You create a new method from scratch every time you overload. The new method just happens to have the same name as another.

3) Private methods cannot be overloaded. FALSE. You can, in the same class. They don't exist as far as subclasses are concerned so... "you do the math".

4) An overloaded method cannot throw exceptions not checked in the base class. FALSE. SEE (2). An overloaded method is a new method.

[Anonymous]

In R&H it's given that static methods cannnot be overridden to non-static methods. Does that mean you can over-ride it by a static method.
Prasad

[Thandapani Saravanan]

Yes, you can.
When a static method is overridden by a static method then this is called hiding.