在java中什么是多态,什么是java中的多态方法？

I'm studying java language for SCJP test.

It is little bit hard to understand "polymorphic method".

Could you explain it for me?

or give me some links?

解决方案

"Polymorphic" means "many shapes." In Java, you can have a superclass with subclasses that do different things, using the same name. The traditional example is superclass Shape, with subclasses Circle, Square, and Rectangle, and method area().

So, for example

// note code is abbreviated, this is just for explanation

class Shape {

public int area(); // no implementation, this is abstract

}

class Circle {

private int radius;

public Circle(int r){ radius = r ; }

public int area(){ return Math.PI*radius*radius ; }

}

class Square {

private int wid;

Public Square(int w){ wid=w; }

public int area() { return wid*wid; }

}

Now consider an example

Shape s[] = new Shape[2];

s[0] = new Circle(10);

s[1] = new Square(10);

System.out.println("Area of s[0] "+s[0].area());

System.out.println("Area of s[1] "+s[1].area());

s[0].area() calls Circle.area(), s[1].area() calls Square.area() -- and thus we say that Shape and its subclasses exploit polymorphic calls to the method area.