Query in the topic static

[shalini saranya]

Hi all

class Animal {
static void doStuff() {
System.out.print("a ");
}
}
class Dog extends Animal {
static void doStuff() { // it's a redefinition,
// not an override
System.out.print("d ");
}
public static void main(String [] args) {
Animal [] a = {new Animal(), new Dog(), new Animal()};
for(int x = 0; x < a.length; x++)
a[x].doStuff(); // invoke the static method
}
}

what is the output of above code?
Is it a a a or a d a?

[Matthew Brown]

The best thing to do is actually try it yourself - compile the code and run it. Then try and work out why that's the output, and if you don't understand come back to us, and we can try and explain it.

[Campbell Ritchie]

And also always tell us where you found such examples.

[shalini saranya]

I got the question from the book SCJP 6 by kathy sierra

[Campbell Ritchie]

Thank you.

[Anshul K Jain]

Good question for getting the idea of the static method.