Why do we say that a static method in Java is not a virtual method?

Question

In object-oriented paradigm, a virtual function or virtual method is a function or method whose behavior can be overridden within an inheriting class by a f

Answer 1

An abstract class in Java is nothing but the pure virtual method equivalent to C++.

A class is not a method. An abstract class doesn't have to have "virtual" or abstract methods, or even any methods.

Something C++ developers put down Java features as just like C++ renamed without understanding the differences. ;)

Why do we say that a static method in Java is not a virtual method?

Not sure who says this, but static methods are not polymorphic.

Even if we can override the static method

We can't, you can only hide or overload a static method.

Whether you use the class or sub-class or instance to invoke a static method the actual class or instance is ignored. e.g. you can do

((Thread) null).yield();