Java overloading and overriding

Question

We always say that method overloading is static polymorphism and overriding is runtime polymorphism. What exactly do we mean by static here? Is the call to a method resolved

Answer 1

Tried to cover all differences

                       Overloading                          Overriding

Method Name            Must be same                         Must be same

Argument Types         Must be same                         Must be different


Return Type            No restriction                       Must be same till 1.4V 
                                                            but after 1.4V 
                                                            co- variants 
                                                            were introduced

private/static/final   Can be overloaded                    Cannot be overridden

Access Modifiers       No restriction                       Cannot reduce the scope

Throws keyword         No restriction                       If child class method 
                                                            throws a checked 
                                                            exception the parent 
                                                            class method must throw 
                                                            the same or the  
                                                            parent exception

Method Resolution      Taken care by compiler               Taken care by JVM based 
                       based on reference types             on run-time object

Known as               Compile-Time Polymorphism,           RunTime Polymorphism, 
                       Static Polymorphism, or              dynamic polymorphism,
                       early binding                        late binding.