Simple overloading problem

Question

Hi,
I read in a book that overriding of final,private and
static methods r not supported.i am able prove it for
final methods but not for static and private .since
java allows me to declare methods of the same signature in the subclasses for both static& private methods.
Any light on this will be appreciated.
thanx

Answer 1

About static methods:
class Parent {
  public static void method() {
class Child extends Parent {
  public static void method() {
public class Test {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Child c = new Child();
    Parent p = new Child();
    c.method(); // will call the static method in class Child
    // its the same as calling it as:
    Child.method();
    p.method(); // will call the static method in class Parent
    // its the same as calling it as:
    Parent.method();
    // if the method in Child and Parent wasn't static, then you would call the method in Child with p.method().
}