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Java Polymorphism

Java Polymorphism allows classes related by inheritance to perform actions in multiple ways. It is exemplified by a superclass 'Animal' with a method 'animalSound()', which is overridden by subclasses like 'Pig' and 'Dog' to provide specific implementations. This concept enables the creation of objects that can call the same method but exhibit different behaviors based on their class type.

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Java Polymorphism

Java Polymorphism allows classes related by inheritance to perform actions in multiple ways. It is exemplified by a superclass 'Animal' with a method 'animalSound()', which is overridden by subclasses like 'Pig' and 'Dog' to provide specific implementations. This concept enables the creation of objects that can call the same method but exhibit different behaviors based on their class type.

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Java Polymorphism
Polymorphism means "many forms", and it occurs when we have many classes that
are related to each other by inheritance.

Like we specified in the previous chapter; Inheritance lets us inherit attributes and
methods from another class. Polymorphism uses those methods to perform different
tasks. This allows us to perform a single action in different ways.

For example, think of a superclass called Animal that has a method called
animalSound() . Subclasses of Animals could be Pigs, Cats, Dogs, Birds - And they
also have their own implementation of an animal sound (the pig oinks, and the cat
meows, etc.):

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class Animal {
public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The animal makes a sound");
}
}

class Pig extends Animal {


public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The pig says: wee wee");
}
}

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public void animalSound() {
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}
}

Remember from the Inheritance chapter that we use the extends keyword to inherit
from a class.

Now we can create Pig and Dog objects and call the animalSound() method on
both of them:

Example

class Animal {
public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The animal makes a sound");
}
}

class Pig extends Animal {


public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The pig says: wee wee");
}
}

class Dog extends Animal {


public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The dog says: bow wow");
}
}

class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Animal myAnimal = new Animal(); // Create a Animal object
Animal myPig = new Pig(); // Create a Pig object
Animal myDog = new Dog(); // Create a Dog object
myAnimal.animalSound();
myPig.animalSound();
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