Is it possible to override a static method in derived class?

Question

I have a static method defined in a base class, I want to override this method in its child class, is it possible?

I tried this but it did not work as I expected. Wh

Answer 1

In a nutshell static method overriding is not polymorphism it is "method hiding". When you override a static method you will have no access to the base class method as it will be hidden by the derived class.. Usage of super() will throw a compile time error..