Can I override a private method in Java?

Question

I know I can use reflection to invoke a private method, and to get or set the value of a private variable, but I want to override a method.

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Answer 1

You can't override a private method because no other class, including a derived class, can tell that it exists. It's private.

Private methods are implicitly final.

On a related note, a subclass can declare a field or method with the same name as a private field or method in a super class, because from the subclass's point of view, these members do not exist. There's no special relationship between these members.