Why do these two code samples produce different outputs?

Question

Sample 1:

 class Animal {
     public static void saySomething() { System.out.print(\" Gurrr!\"); 
   }
 }
 class Cow extends Animal {
    public static void         


        

Answer 1

Some of the known Overriding "PITFALLS"

• static methods cannot be overridden
• private methods cannot be overridden

This explains the output.