About overridden methods.

[Narendra shah]

In chapter 2 of K & B book, 2 mins drill down following statement is written. Can any body explain with an example?

Object type (not the reference variable's type), determines which overridden
method is used at runtime.

[Christophe Verré]

I think it refers to such a case:

class Animal {
public void eat() {
}
}
class Dog extends Animal {
@Override
public void eat() {
}
}
 
Animal dog = new Dog();
dog.eat(); // <--- here

Object type(here, Dog) (not the reference variable's type, here Animal), determines which overridden method is used at runtime. Dog's eat method will be called.

[Anoobkumar Padmanabhan]

Hi Narendra shah,

Object type (not the reference variable's type), determines which overridden
method is used at runtime.

it is actually the definition for overriding. right? The method, which will be called is determined by the type of object at runtime, not by the refence used.