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Can we pass a reference of subclass to a method which has parameter of superclass type.
 
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Welcome to the Java Ranch,

Can we pass a reference of subclass to a method which has parameter of superclass type.



Yes. In fact it is generally good to use a more abstract class or even an interface which is more abstract as parameters because this makes your method more general.

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