Overriding

[Tim Holmes]

  
class A {
 
  public void method(int i, float f){
     //some code
  }
 
}
 
class B extends a {
  //method here
}

I am trying to figure out why this would be legal as a override:
void method(int i, float f){}

but this would not:
protected void method(int i, float f){}

wouldn't they be the same except the first one is "default access"?

[Nabila Mohammad]

Originally posted by Tim Holmes:

  
class A {
 
  public void method(int i, float f){
     //some code
  }
 
}
 
class B extends a {
  //method here
}

I am trying to figure out why this would be legal as a override:
void method(int i, float f){}

but this would not:
protected void method(int i, float f){}

wouldn't they be the same except the first one is "default access"?

Give the code which you are trying to run.
As far as i know , you cannot override a method by making the access level more restrictive.
If you are overiding a public method then the over riding method should also be public .
Anything besides that would be restrictive like private, protected or package level acess.

How ever if your method is private , you can over ride it using coderanch.
As it can be less restrictive but not more.

Hope this helps you .

[Swathi Kota]

How ever if your method is private , you can over ride it using coderanch.
As it can be less restrictive but not more.

To override a method, your class needs to inherit the method.Private methods are not inherited and thus cannot be overridden. You get a cmplier error if you try to override aprivate method.

Please correct me if i got it wrong.

[Nabila Mohammad]

Sorry.My mistake!

[abhishek pendkay]

Tim

I am trying to figure out why this would be legal as a override:
void method(int i, float f){}

That would not be a legal override cause you cannot make the access modifier of the overriden method more restrictive ( public to default in your case )...