java 不兼容类型,Java - 错误：返回类型不兼容

I'm learning java. I was trying to run the code, where I got this error: return type is incompatible.

Part of code where it showed me error.

class A {

public void eat() { }

}

class B extends A {

public boolean eat() { }

}

Why it is happening?

解决方案

This is because we cannot have two methods in classes that has the same name but different return types.

The sub class cannot declare a method with the same name of an already existing method in the super class with a different return type.

However, the subclass can declare a method with the same signature as in super class.

We call this "Overriding".

You need to have this,

class A {

public void eat() { }

}

class B extends A {

public void eat() { }

}

OR

class A {

public boolean eat() {

// return something...

}

}

class B extends A {

public boolean eat() {

// return something...

}

}

A good practice is marking overwritten methods by annotation @Override:

class A {

public void eat() { }

}

class B extends A {

@Override

public void eat() { }

}