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Technically, a private method cannot be hidden or overridden. There is no requirement that private methods with the same signature in the subclass and the superclass bear any relationship in terms of having the same return type or throws clause, the necessary conditions for hiding [JLS 2015]. Consequently, hiding cannot occur when private methods have different return types or throws clauses.
Exceptions
MET07-J-EX0: Occasionally, an API provides hidden methods. Invoking those methods is not a violation of this rule provided that all invocations of hidden methods use qualified names or method invocation expressions that explicitly indicate which specific method is invoked. If the displayAccountStatus() were a hidden method, for example, the following implementation of the choose() method would be an acceptable alternative:
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