Re: Overriding static methods : Whats wrong with these classes??

From:
ankur <ankur.a.agarwal@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:58:21 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<c98c221a-29c9-47f5-ab62-ab9c60b27e3c@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
On Aug 10, 12:34 pm, Lew <no...@lewscanon.com> wrote:

ankur wrote:

package Pack1;


Side note: Java naming conventions call for package names to comprise all
lower-case characters. (In real life, package names that include varia=

tions

on "package" within their names do not make good names.)

public class SuperA {

         public int supervarA;


Java naming conventions call for word parts within names to be capitalize=

d,

such as "superVarA". (In real life, "super" and "var" would be name pa=

rts to

avoid in a variable.)

          public void superMethA()
   {

           System.out.println("Package Pack 1 Class SuperA"=

);

   }

         public static void methstaticA()


Likewise this should be named "methStaticA" by convention (except that in=

 real

life "meth" and "static" would be name parts to avoid).

         {
             System.out.println("In class SuperA");
         }
}


Further side note: do not use TAB characters to indent Usenet posts, use
spaces. Two (or up to four if you like) spaces are enough per indent l=

evel.

Usenet readers often have more restrictive width constraints than your
favorite source editor (although many folks recommend keeping source line=

s

limited in width, too). TABs tend to render posted code less readable,
hindering efforts to help you with your question.

--
Lew


Sorry to all for posting a vague question, not using the naming
convention and using tabs in usenet posts. I will avoid this going
forward. Coming to the question, all I was saying is that I was able
to override static method methstaticA() in SubD because it printed "In
class SubD" when called main(). If I comment out the definition for
methstaticA() in SubD then I would get "In class SuperA". In a way
didn't I override the static method ?? But I understand what Mike
Schilling's is saying in his post that polymorphic behavior cannot be
implemented by overriding static methods!
--
Thanks,
Ankur

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