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Subject: Re: When to use dynamic binding over dynamic dispatch?
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On 5/8/2016 8:23 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 5/8/2016 6:24 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>> On 04.05.2016 03:23, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> All methods unless declared static or final are virtual in Java,
>>> so dynamic dispatch is used all the time.
>>
>> Methods declared as "final" are virtual as well.
>
> Given that:
>
> virtual method = method that can be overridden
> final method = method that can not be overridden
>
> then how can it be?

	class Super {
	    public void method() {}
	}

	class Sub extends Super {
	    public final void method() {}
	}

	...

	Super obj = new Sub();
	obj.method();


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