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Understanding inheritance

 
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Hi All,

I have started java recently. Got a snippet of a code. can anybody please explain this inheritance?
I have got 2 classes Test1 and Test2. Test1 inherits Test2.



The output is :
20
Executing method of Test1

but when I am replacing Test1 with Test2 The output is :
40
Executing method of Test1

It is showing accessing the instance variable of Test2 class but method of Test1 class why?

Please help. Thank you.

Regards,
Bhaskar
 
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Bhaskar Mukhejee wrote:

but when I am replacing Test1 with Test2 The output is :
40
Executing method of Test1
Is this what you have done.

Regards,
Bhaskar



So here t refers to Test2 But at runtime the instance is created of Test1 so it overrides the math method of Test1.
 
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Bhaskar Mukhejee wrote:It is showing accessing the instance variable of Test2 class but method of Test1 class why?



It's because variables aren't overridden, only methods are.
 
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This FAQ might help you.
 
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Thanks to all of you for this help.

Regards,
Bhaskar
 
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