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Overview of polymorphism

Polymorphism is the third major feature of object-oriented after encapsulation and inheritance.

Real things often reflect a variety of forms, such as students, students are a kind of people, then a specific classmate Zhang San is both a student and a person, that is, there are two forms.

As an object-oriented language, Java can also describe multiple forms of a thing. For example, if the Student class inherits the Person class, the object of a Student is both Student and Person.

The definition and usage format of Polymorphism

The definition format of polymorphism: just in time that the reference variable of the parent class points to the subclass object

Parent class type variable name = new subclass type ()

Variable name. Method name ()

A: the format of the definition of general class polymorphism

Parent class variable name = new subclass ()

Characteristics of polymorphic members

A: polymorphic member variables

When a member variable with the same name appears in the child parent class, the polymorphism calls the variable:

Compile time: refer to whether there are called member variables in the class to which the referenced variable belongs. No, compilation failed.

Run time: is also a member variable in the class to which the referenced variable belongs.

Simple note: both compile and run refer to the left side of the equal sign. Compile and run look to the left.

B: polymorphic member method

Compile time: refer to the class to which the reference variable belongs. If there is no method in the class that is not called, the compilation fails.

Run time: refer to the class to which the object referred to by the reference variable belongs and run the member methods in the class to which the object belongs.

In short: compile to the left, run to the right

Upward and downward transition in polymorphism

The transformation of polymorphism can be divided into two types: upward transformation and downward transformation.

A: upward transition: when a subclass object is assigned to a parent class reference, it is an upward transition, and polymorphism itself is a process of upward transformation.

Use format:

Parent class type variable name = new subclass type ()

Such as:

Personp=newStudent ()

B: downward transition: a subclass object that has been transformed upward can convert a parent class reference to a subclass reference using a cast format. This process is a downward transformation. If the parent object is created directly, it cannot be transformed downwards.

Use format:

Subclass type variable name = (subclass type) variable of parent class type

Such as:

Studentstu= (Student) pbank / variable p actually points to the Student object

Advantages and disadvantages of polymorphism

Advantages: it can improve maintainability (guaranteed by polymorphic premise) and code scalability.

Cons: no direct access to members specific to subclasses

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