In Java, is it possible to override methods if return types are respectively a primitive and its wrapper class?

Question

While working with the idea of overriding and overridden methods in Java I have noticed that there is some flexiblity given for the return types of such methods.

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Answer 1

You can only return same type or a sub-class of the parent's return type and its known as Co-Variant return types.

The compiler lets you auto-box and unbox between primitives and wrappers but this doesn't make one a sub-class of the other. Primitives are not classes and cannot be used in the way you have.