Question

I have developed the below class as shown below

class Ab {
    int i = 10; 
    static void getF() {
        System.out.println("I am good");
    }
}
class Hamm extends Ab {
    int i = 10; 
    static void getF() {
        System.out.println("I am good and bad boy");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
         //Hamm h = new Hamm();      
        // h.getF(); //Ham
        Ab a = new Hamm();  //reference of parent class
        //a.getF(); // Ab class

    }
}

Now my query is there any scenario exisits where I am getting the variable i of class Ab but the method getF() of class Hamm, Please advise.

Answer 1

Declare the method to be non-static. You use it as instance method anyway. Static methods can not be overriden.

Here is a working sample:

class Ab {
    int i = 10; 
    void getF() {
        System.out.println("I am good");
    }
}
class Main extends Ab {
    int i = 10; 
    @Override
    void getF() {
        System.out.println("I am good and bad boy");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
         //Hamm h = new Hamm();      
        // h.getF(); //Ham
        Ab a = new Main();  //reference of parent class
        a.getF(); // Ab class

    }
}

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