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Why it is illegal to use abstract and static modifiers together in method declaration ?

 
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I want to know about this that why it is illegal. i don't think it is a crime to use both together, please satisfied me with solid reason .
 
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How would you implement such an abstract method? Surely not in a subclass, because static methods aren't inherited.
 
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Stephan van Hulst wrote: because static methods aren't inherited.



Sorry but i did it as you can see below .It is really very easy to inherit static method.Is it not ?



 
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But they can't be overridden, which is the important thing. An abstract method is "overidden" when the implementation is provided, but that's not possible with a static method.
 
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Matthew Brown wrote:But they can't be overridden, which is the important thing. An abstract method is "overidden" when the implementation is provided, but that's not possible with a static method.



hahaha again nice answer but i can override static method you want see ?
 
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Matthew Brown wrote:But they can't be overridden



Static method inheritance and overridden is given below dear for only you




 
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That's not overriding. That's hiding. When you call with a StaticTest1 reference you get the StaticTest1 method. When you call with a StaticTest2 reference you get the StaticTest2 method. What you don't get is run-time polymorphism, which is what true overriding would imply.
 
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Matthew Brown wrote:That's not overriding. That's hiding. When you call with a StaticTest1 reference you get the StaticTest1 method. When you call with a StaticTest2 reference you get the StaticTest2 method. What you don't get is run-time polymorphism, which is what true overriding would imply.



nice i was totally wrong sorry for that
 
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https://coderanch.com/how-to/java/OverridingVsHiding



If you run this, the output is

instanceMethod() in Bar
classMethod() in Foo
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