It's because you didn't define the ass method in Animal class but you
have define eat in both classes.
On Jul 26, 4:29 pm, ANUJ KUMAR <kumar.anuj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> class TestAnimals {
> public static void main (String [] args) {
> Animal a = new Animal();
> Animal b = new Horse(); //Animal ref, but a Horse object
> a.eat(); // Runs the Animal version of eat()
> b.eat(); // Runs the Horse version of eat()
> a.anuj();
> b.anuj();
> b.ass();//*WHY DOES IT GIVE A COMPILER ERROR WHEREAS THE EAT METHOD RUNS
> FINE*}
> }
>
> class Animal {
> void anuj()
> {
> System.out.println("anuj");}
>
> public void eat() {
> System.out.println("Generic Animal Eating Generically");}
> }
>
> class Horse extends Animal {
> void ass()
> {
> System.out.println("ass");}
>
> public void eat() {
> System.out.println("Horse eating hay, oats, and horse treats");}
>
> public void buck() { }
>
> }
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