Specifications

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Java™ Programming Language Module 6, slide 10 of 43
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Overriding Methods
• A subclass can modify behavior inherited from a
parent class.
• A subclass can create a method with different
functionality than the parent’s method but with the
same:
• Name
• Return type
1
• Argument list
1. In J2SE version 5, the return type can be a subclass of the overridden return type.