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Minor typo in textbook: Overridden methods have same return type #116

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E0735389 opened this issue Jan 18, 2024 · 1 comment

E0735389 commented Jan 18, 2024

se-book/oop/inheritance/overriding/text.md

Line 9 in 1bda68e

    
           **Method _overriding_ is when a sub-class changes the behavior inherited from the parent class** by re-implementing the method. Overridden methods have the same name, same type signature, and same return type.

Method overriding is when a sub-class changes the behavior inherited from the parent class by re-implementing the method. Overridden methods have the same name, same type signature, and same return type.

Actually, Java supports covariant return type. https://stackoverflow.com/a/14694885 (since Java 5, as pointed out in the answer)

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Minor typo in textbook: Overridden methods have same return type nus-cs2103-AY2324S2/forum#1

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damithc commented Jan 18, 2024

Fixed. Thanks @E0735389 for the heads up.

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