Method Overriding in Java

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Method Overriding in Java

Method Overriding in Java is a mechanism by which a subclass provides its own implementation of a method that is already defined in its parent class. It is a key concept in object-oriented programming that allows for polymorphism, which means that objects of different classes can be treated as if they were objects of a single class. In Java, method overriding is accomplished by creating a method with the same signature (i.e., name, parameters, and return type) as the parent class method in the subclass. When the method is called on an object of the subclass, the overridden method in the subclass is executed instead of the method in the parent class.

Program:

 // Example of method overriding
class Parent{
void display(){
	System.out.println("parent class");
	}
}

class Child extends Parent{
void display(){
	System.out.println("This is child class");
	}
public static void main(String args[]){
	Child obj = new Child();
	obj.display();
	}
}

Output:

chis is child class
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Explanation:

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