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class GrantAccess {
  public static void displayAccountStatus() {
    System.out.print(""Account details for admin: XX"");
  }
}

class GrantUserAccess extends GrantAccess {
  public static void displayAccountStatus() {
    System.out.print(""Account details for user: XX"");
  }
}

public class StatMethod {
  public static void choose(String username) {
    GrantAccess admin = new GrantAccess();
    GrantAccess user = new GrantUserAccess();
    if(username.equals("admin""admin")) {
      admin.displayAccountStatus();
    } else {
      user.displayAccountStatus();
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    choose("user""user");	
  }
}

Compliant Solution

This compliant solution correctly classifies this case as hiding and uses absolute, fully qualified class names GrantAccess and GrantUserAccess to clearly state the intent. Refrain from qualifying a static method invocation with an expression meant for dynamic dispatch.

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class GrantAccess {
  public static void displayAccountStatus() {
    System.out.print(""Account details for admin: XX"");
  }
}

class GrantUserAccess extends GrantAccess {
  public static void displayAccountStatus() {
    System.out.print(""Account details for user: XX"");
  }
}

public class StatMethod {
  public static void choose(String username) {
    if(username.equals("admin""admin")) {
      GrantAccess.displayAccountStatus();
    } else {
      GrantUserAccess.displayAccountStatus();
    }
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    choose("user""user");	
  }
}

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Note that ""In a subclass, you can overload the methods inherited from the superclass. Such overloaded methods neither hide nor override the superclass methods—they are new methods, unique to the subclass."" \[[Tutorials 08|AA. Java References#Tutorials 08]\].

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\[[Tutorials 08|AA. Java References#Tutorials 08]\] [Overriding and Hiding Methods|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/IandI/override.html]
\[[Bloch 05|AA. Java References#Bloch 05]\] Puzzle 48: All I Get Is Static
\[[JLS 05|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\] 8.4.6.3 Requirements in Overriding and Hiding

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12. Methods (MET)            12. Methods (MET)            MET01-J. Follow good design principles while defining methods