Unit 2 (Prog 4) : Test Overloading and Overriding

By | June 3, 2013

Overloading v/s Overriding methods…

class Operator {
          public int operation(int x, int y) {
                    System.out.println(“First method invoked from parent class.”);
                    return x + y;
          }
          public double operation(double x, double y) {
                    System.out.println(“Second method invoked from parent class.”);
                    return x + y;
          }
}
class ChildOperator extends Operator {
           public int operation(int x, int y) {
           // overriding method operation().
                     System.out.println(“First method invoked from child class.”);
                     return x + y;
           }
           public int operation () {
           // overloading method operation().
                     return 0;
           }
}
public class TestOverloading {
          public static void main(String a[]) {
                    Operator op = new Operator();
                    // here object type and reference type both are Operator.
                    double ans1 = op.operation(5, 5);
                    System.out.println(ans1);
                    int ans2 = (int) op.operation(5.0, 8.0);
                    System.out.println(ans2);
                    double ans3 = op.operation(5.0, 8.0);
                    System.out.println(ans3);
                   Operator opChild = new ChildOperator();
                   // Reference type is Operator and object type is ChildOperator.
                   opChild.operation(5, 5);
                  // supertype method will be invoked.
          }
}
/* The reference type will decide which method will be invoked in overloading at compile time…not object type. 
 * The Object type will decide which method will be invoked in overriding at run time…not reference type.
 * */
 
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