Overriding

It is not possible to override a static method, because of early binding.

$\begin{lstlisting} package teststatic ; \par class Parent { void show() { Syst... ...c = new Child(); // calling Child ’s show () c.show(); } } \end{lstlisting}$

In non-static method, we can override a non-static method. Because for override we need runtime polymorphism, which is happens only in runtime binding.

$\begin{lstlisting} package teststatic ; \par class Parent { static void show() ... ...= new Child () ; // calling Child ’s show () c.show(); } } \end{lstlisting}$

This code throws below error in Eclipse.

$\begin{lstlisting} Multiple markers at this line - This instance method cannot override the static method from Parent \par \end{lstlisting}$