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This noncompliant example attempts to override a static method but fails to consider it as a hiding case. As a result the displayAccountStatus() method of the superclass gets is invoked on both the calls. Moreover, expressions that are normally used for dynamic dispatch while overriding have been used even though achieving this is impossible with static methods.
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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_. \[[JLS 05|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\]. Consequently, there may be no _hiding_ when the methods have different return types or {{throws}} clauses. |
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