Linked Questions

I'm playing around Java 8's new features recently and observed an interesting behaviour: This is okay: Class A { static void staticMethodInA() {println();} } Class B extends A {} B.staticMethodInA()...

interface A { public static void print(){ System.out.println("interface A"); } } class B implements A{ public static void main(String[] args){ A obj = new B(); obj.print(); //Not possible....

Consider a class A that implements an interface B which has a static method info(). Why is not possible to do A.info()? If it was a default method, it would be possible to do A.info() and I don't ...

NOTE: This question predates Java 8. As of Java 8, static methods are allowed in interfaces. However, they cannot be declared abstract (required to be overridden) in the manner requested by this ...

I was reading A Programmer’s Guide to Java™ SCJP Certification by Khalid Mughal. In the Inheritance chapter, it explains that Inheritance of members is closely tied to their declared ...

I was learning through interfaces when I noticed that you can now define static and default methods in an interface. public interface interfacesample2 { public static void method() { ...

The topic says the most of it - what is the reason for the fact that static methods can't be declared in an interface? public interface ITest { public static String test(); } The code above gives ...

I've created a Kotlin subclass of a Java class: class AlarmReceiver : WakefulBroadcastReceiver() { companion object { const val ACTION_NOTIFY = "..." } override fun onReceive(...

I was looking in capability of defining static methods in interfaces in Java8. I was kinda confused to see that static methods in interfaces are not inherited by the implementing classes or interfaces....

When hiding a static field, there's no restriction on what access level does the field have in subclass, it can be even non-static and of other data type. On the other side, when hiding a static ...