Is Overloading possible in Sub class

Question

In every book I found that Overloading means method with the same name and with different parameter define in same class.
But is possible if I define method with the same name and with different parameter in Sub class?
Like example given below :
public class OverLadingTest {
     public void test(int a, int b) {
          System.out.println("Inside test(int a, int b)");
     public static void main(String args[]){
               OverloadedSubclass overloadedSubclass = new OverloadedSubclass();
               overloadedSubclass.test(10.20,10.20);
class OverloadedSubclass extends OverLadingTest {
     public void test(double a, double b) {
          System.out.println("Inside test(double a, double b)");
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The nays have it!
package forums;
class Singularity
  public void test(int a) {
    System.out.println("Singularity.test(int a)");
class Universe extends Singularity
  @Override
  public void test(int a) {
    System.out.println("Universe.test(int a)");
  public void test(int a, int b) {
    System.out.println("Universe.test(int a, int b)");
public class OverloadingTest
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Singularity s = new Universe();
    s.test(10);
    s.test(10, 20);
compile
C:\Java\home\src\forums>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_12\bin\javac.exe" -Xlint -d C:\Java\home\classes -cp c:\java\home\src; C:\Java\home\src\forums\OverloadingTest.java
C:\Java\home\src\forums\OverloadingTest.java:27: test(int) in forums.Singularity cannot be applied to (int,int)
    s.test(10, 20);
     ^
1 errorI'd say that's pretty conclusive, wouldn't you? Go read up on Java's definition of a [method signature|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/methods.html]... It's not just the name, putz!
Cheers. Keith.