static methods Help plz..

[Vijayakumar Ramakrishnan]

Hi all,
The output of this program is :
Goodnight,Dick.
Please explain ...
Vandanam,
vijay
class Super {
static String greeting() { return "Goodnight"; }
String name() { return "Richard"; }
}
class Sub extends Super {
static String greeting() { return "Hello"; }
String name() { return "Dick"; }
}
class statictest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Super s = new Sub();
System.out.println(s.greeting() + ", " + s.name());
}
}

[Kirti Dhingra]

I think the static methods called on the object are in the class to which it belongs, not where it is referenced
e.g.
class duper{
static String greeting() { return "Super duper"; }
String name() { return "Anna"; }
}
class Super extends duper{
static String greeting() { return "Goodnight"; }
String name() { return "Richard"; }
}
class Sub extends Super {
static String greeting() { return "Hello"; }
String name() { return "Dick"; }
}
class statictest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
duper s = new Sub();
System.out.println(s.greeting() + ", " + s.name());
}
}
this code would print Super duper, Dick
K Singh

[sunilkumar ssuparasmul]

hi,
static methods cannot be overridden , its bcos they r meant for the class and not for the object.Even if u override by giving the same siganature the compiler does not takes it as a overriden methods but as a seperate method . This is resolved at compile time itself so there is no late binding. that is y u get that output
HTH
sunil.s
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[vadiraj vd]

Hi Vijaykumar,
static methods can't be overriden. So when you invoke a static method using a superclass's reference, the superclass version
is going to be called.
Hope this helps.
Regards
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vadiraj

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