#polymorphism in java

Polymorphism is the ability of an entity to take several forms. In object-oriented programming, it refers to the ability of an object (or a reference to an object) to take different forms of objects. It allows a common data-gathering message to be sent to each class. Polymorphism encourages called as ‘extendibility’ which means an object or a class can have it’s uses extended.

Polymorphism in Java Programming as a Complexity Management Technique

In the dictionary programming polymorphism refers to the principle in biology in which an organism or species can have many different forms or stages. This principle can also be applied to programming and languages such as object-oriented Java languages. Class subclasses can determine their own unique behavior and yet share some of the same functions from the parent class.

Polymorphism can be…

Polymorphism is the ability of an object to take on many forms. The most common use of polymorphism in OOP occurs when a parent class reference is used to refer to a child class object.

Any Java object that can pass more than one IS-A test is considered to be polymorphic. In Java, all Java objects are polymorphic since any object will pass the IS-A test for their own type and for the class Object.