Why is Superclass's overriden static method being called?

[Bindu Tadivaka]

The output of the below program is P.printS1 Q.printS2 Q.printS1

When q calls printS1 directly, Q's static method is being called, which is good.
But, when q calls printS1 indirectly, through printS1S2, superclass P's static method is being called.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING SO?



class P {
static void printS1(){System.out.print("P.printS1 ");}
void printS2() {System.out.print("P.printS2 ");}
void printS1S2(){printS1();printS2();}
}
class Q extends P {
static void printS1(){System.out.print("Q.printS1 ");}
void printS2(){System.out.print("Q.printS2 ");}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Q q=new Q();
q.printS1S2();
q.printS1();
}}

[Himai Minh]

Polymorphism does not apply to static methods.

[Khuzema Dharwala]

This is because during compilation the code inside printS1S2() method is changed to

P.printS1();
this.printS2();



Thanks......

[James X Peterson]

Himai Minh wrote:Polymorphism does not apply to static methods.

Polymorphism does not apply to static methods and static variables also(static members)

[Bindu Tadivaka]

Thanks, Khuzema. That explains it :-)