Override “private” method in java

Question

There something ambiguous about this idea and I need some clarifications.

My problem is when using this code:

public class B {

    private void don(         


        

Answer 1

You can't override a private method, but you can introduce one in a derived class without a problem. The derive class can not access the private method on the ancestor.

Since t is a on object of type B, calling don() method will invoque the method defined at B. It doesn't even know that there is a method named also don() at class A