This document discusses the concept of polymorphism in object-oriented programming. It defines polymorphism as the ability for objects of different types to respond to the same method call. The key aspects covered are:
- Polymorphism allows objects to take on multiple forms through dynamic binding, where the method executed is determined at runtime based on the actual object type.
- Subclasses can override methods from their parent class, so calling the same method on objects of different types may produce different results.
- Reference variables can refer to objects of their own type or subclasses, providing flexibility.
- The instanceof operator determines an object's actual type at runtime.
- Interfaces support polymorphism by allowing implementation by
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2. Lecture Objectives
• To understand the concept of polymorphism
• To understand the concept of static or early
binding
• To understand the concept of dynamic or late
binding
3. Polymorphism
• Polymorphism comes from Greek meaning “many
forms.”
• In Java, polymorphism refers to the dynamic binding
mechanism that determines which method definition
will be used when a method name has been
overridden.
• Thus, polymorphism refers to dynamic binding.
4. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Can treat an object of a subclass as an object of
its superclass
A reference variable of a superclass type can point to an
object of its subclass
Person name, nameRef;
PartTimeEmployee employee, employeeRef;
name = new Person("John", "Blair");
employee = new PartTimeEmployee("Susan", "Johnson",
12.50, 45);
nameRef = employee;
System.out.println("nameRef: " + nameRef);
nameRef: Susan Johnson wages are: $562.5
5. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Late binding or dynamic binding (run-time
binding):
Method to be executed is determined at execution
time, not compile time
• Polymorphism: to assign multiple meanings
to the same method name
• Implemented using late binding
6. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• The reference variable name or nameRef can point
to any object of the class Person or the class
PartTimeEmployee
• These reference variables have many forms, that
is, they are polymorphic reference variables
• They can refer to objects of their own class or to
objects of the classes inherited from their class
7. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Can declare a method of a class final using the
keyword final
• If a method of a class is declared final, it
cannot be overridden with a new definition in a
derived class
public final void doSomeThing(){
//...
}
8. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Can also declare a class final using the keyword
final
• If a class is declared final, then no other class
can be derived from this class
• Java does not use late binding for methods that
are private, marked final, or static
9. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• You cannot automatically make reference variable
of subclass type point to object of its superclass
• Suppose that supRef is a reference variable of a
superclass type and supRef points to an object of
its subclass:
Can use a cast operator on supRef and make a reference
variable of the subclass point to the object
If supRef does not point to a subclass object and you use a
cast operator on supRef to make a reference variable of the
subclass point to the object, then Java will throw a
ClassCastException—indicating that the class cast is
not allowed
10. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Operator instanceof: determines whether a
reference variable that points to an object is of a
particular class type
• This expression evaluates to true if p points to an
object of the class BoxShape; otherwise it
evaluates to false
p instanceof BoxShape
11. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Interface variable holds reference to object of
a class that implements the interface
Measurable x;
Note that the object to which x refers doesn't
have type Measurable; the type of the object
is some class that implements the
Measurable interface
Continued…
x = new BankAccount(10000);
x = new Coin(0.1, "dime");
12. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• You can call any of the interface methods:
• Which method is called?
double m = x.getMeasure();
13. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Depends on the actual object.
• If x refers to a bank account, calls
BankAccount.getMeasure()
• If x refers to a coin, calls Coin.getMeasure()
• Polymorphism (many shapes): Behavior can
vary depending on the actual type of an object
Continued…
14. Polymorphism (Cont’d)
• Called late binding: resolved at runtime
• Different from overloading; overloading is
resolved by the compiler (early binding)
15. Dynamic Binding
• Different objects can invoke different method definitions
using the same method name.
• The type of object being referenced at the time of the
method call, not the type of reference that was declared,
determines which method is invoked.
• For example, if the reference b references a Box object and
the reference t references a Triangle object, b and t invoke
different definitions of the method drawAt() even of b and t
are declared to be of type Figure.
16. Dynamic Binding (Cont’d)
• Consider the following example:
Figure f;
Box b = new Box(1, 4, 4);
f = b;
f.drawAt(2);
Triangle t = new Triangle(1,2);
f = t;
f.drawAt(2);
17. • The method drawAt() is inherited from class Figure
and is not overridden.
• But, method drawHere() is invoked within the
definition of method drawAt(), and method
drawHere() is overridden.
• The type of object referred to by f determines which
method drawHere() is invoked.
Dynamic Binding (Cont’d)
18. Type Checking and Dynamic Binding
• Recall that an object reference to an ancestor class can
refer to an object of a descendant class.
• However, you can invoke only a method in class Person
with the variable p.
Employee e = new Employee();
Person p;
p = e;
19. • However, if a method is overridden in the class
Employee, and variable p references an Employee
object, then the method in class Employee is used.
• The variable determines what methods can be used, but
the type referenced by the object determines which
definition of the method will be used.
Type Checking and Dynamic Binding (Cont’d)
20. Type Checking and Dynamic Binding (Cont’d)
• To use a method name in the class Employee with
an object named by the variable p of type Person,
use a type cast.
• Example:
Employee e = (Employee)p;
e.setEmployeeNumber(5678);
21. • However, even a type cast cannot fool Java!
Example:
will use the definition of the method drawHere() given
in class Box, not the definition of drawHere() given
in class Figure.
Type Checking and Dynamic Binding (Cont’d)
Box b = new Box (1, 4, 4);
Figure f = (Figure)b;
f. drawHere()
22. • You are unlikely to assign an object of a descendant
type to a variable of a parent type, at least not directly.
• But, such an assignment can occur indirectly by
providing an argument of a descendant type for a
method that has a parameter of an ancestor type.
Type Checking and Dynamic Binding (Cont’d)
23. Dynamic Binding with the toString()
Method
• Recall the method toString() typically is used to prepare
and return a string, describing an object, for output to
the screen.
• The name of this method can be omitted, thanks to
dynamic binding, because one definition of method
println() expects a single argument of type Object which
it uses to invoke the method toString() associated with
the object.
24. Subtle Difference
• Dynamic binding refers to the process carried out by the
computer.
• Polymorphism can be thought of as something objects
do.
• Polymorphism, encapsulation, and inheritance, and
considered to be the main features of object-oriented
programming.
25. A Better equals() Method
• Sometimes the method equals() from class Object is
overloaded when it should have been overridden.
This occurs when its parameter is not of type Object.
• Usually, this is all right.
26. A Better equals() Method (Cont’d)
• But, if the method equals() is called with an object of
class Object as its argument, the method equals()
from class Object will be invoked.
• The problem is fixed by changing the formal parameter in
the overriding method so that it is a parameter of type
Object.
27. • However, this allows the argument to be any type of object,
which can produce a run-time error.
• But, we can determine if an object is of the correct type
using:
• Finally, we should return false when comparing an object
to a null reference.
A Better equals() Method (Cont’d)
Object instanceof Class_Name
29. Benefits of Polymorphism
• Polymorphism enables programmers to deal in
generalities and let the execution-time
environment handle the specifics. Programmers
can command objects to behave in manners
appropriate to those objects, without knowing the
types of the objects (as long as the objects belong
to the same inheritance hierarchy).
30. • Polymorphism promotes extensibility: Software
that invokes polymorphic behavior is
independent of the object types to which
messages are sent. New object types that can
respond to existing method calls can be
incorporated into a system without requiring
modification of the base system. Only client code
that instantiates new objects must be modified to
accommodate new types.
Benefits of Polymorphism (Cont’d)
31. 1 // PolymorphismTest.java
2 // Assigning superclass and subclass references to superclass and
3 // subclass variables.
4
5 public class PolymorphismTest
6 {
7 public static void main( String args[] )
8 {
9 // assign superclass reference to superclass variable
10 CommissionEmployee3 commissionEmployee = new CommissionEmployee3(
11 "Sue", "Jones", "222-22-2222", 10000, .06 );
12
13 // assign subclass reference to subclass variable
14 BasePlusCommissionEmployee4 basePlusCommissionEmployee =
15 new BasePlusCommissionEmployee4(
16 "Bob", "Lewis", "333-33-3333", 5000, .04, 300 );
17
18 // invoke toString on superclass object using superclass variable
19 System.out.printf( "%s %s:nn%snn",
20 "Call CommissionEmployee3's toString with superclass reference ",
21 "to superclass object", commissionEmployee.toString() );
22
23 // invoke toString on subclass object using subclass variable
24 System.out.printf( "%s %s:nn%snn",
25 "Call BasePlusCommissionEmployee4's toString with subclass",
26 "reference to subclass object",
27 basePlusCommissionEmployee.toString() );
28
Typical reference assignments
Testing Polymorphism
32. 29 // invoke toString on subclass object using superclass variable
30 CommissionEmployee3 commissionEmployee2 =
31 basePlusCommissionEmployee;
32 System.out.printf( "%s %s:nn%sn",
33 "Call BasePlusCommissionEmployee4's toString with superclass",
34 "reference to subclass object", commissionEmployee2.toString() );
35 } // end main
36 } // end class PolymorphismTest
Call CommissionEmployee3's toString with superclass reference to superclass
object:
commission employee: Sue Jones
social security number: 222-22-2222
gross sales: 10000.00
commission rate: 0.06
Call BasePlusCommissionEmployee4's toString with subclass reference to
subclass object:
base-salaried commission employee: Bob Lewis
social security number: 333-33-3333
gross sales: 5000.00
commission rate: 0.04
base salary: 300.00
Call BasePlusCommissionEmployee4's toString with superclass reference to
subclass object:
base-salaried commission employee: Bob Lewis
social security number: 333-33-3333
gross sales: 5000.00
commission rate: 0.04
base salary: 300.00
Assign a reference to a
basePlusCommissionEmployee objec
to a CommissionEmployee3 variable
Polymorphically call
basePlusCommissionEmployee’s
toString method
Testing Polymorphism (Cont’d)