Re: another design question, abstract static methods...

From: Silvio Bierman (sbierman_at_idfix.nl)
Date: 11/13/03 

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:24:01 +0100

Polymorphism in Java is resolved by the type of the actual object (dynamic,
runtime) the method is called against instead of the class of the reference
(static, compile time). With static methods there is no object in play, only
a class so it can only ve resolved statically during compiletime.

What calling constructs (and behaviour) do you seek for?

Silvio Bierman

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