Which Overloaded Method is Called in Java

Question

I have a basic inheritance situation with an overloaded method in the super class.

public class Person {
    private String name;
    private int dob;
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Answer 1

The overload resolution happens during compile time, not at runtime.

So, when you call getWorkDetails(this), this is assumed to be a Person (which is the static type) and hence called the corresponding overload.

Note: Using this inside Employee class would have made it an Employee type. You can verify this by overloading work() in Employee like this.

class Employee extends Person {
    ...

    public void work() {
        getWorkDetails(this); // This should print "This person is an Employee"
    }
}