Look, I'm sure we can list the many ways different languages fail to meet our expectations, but is this really a constructive line of conversation? -1 On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Justin Coyne <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I did misspeak a bit. You can override static methods in Java. My major > issue is that there is no "getClass()" within a static method, so when the > static method is being run in the context of the inheriting class it is > unaware of its own run context. > > For example: I want the output to be "Hi from bar", but it's "Hi from foo": > > class Foo { > public static void sayHello() { > hi(); > } > public static void hi() { > System.out.println("Hi from foo"); > } > } > > class Bar extends Foo { > > public static void hi() { > System.out.println("Hi from bar"); > } > } > > class Test { > public static void main(String [ ] args) { > Bar.sayHello(); > } > } > > > -Justin > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > OK, pedant, tell us why you think methods that can be over-ridden are > > static. > > Also, tell us why you think classes in Java are not instances of > > java.lang.Class > > > > > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Justin Coyne <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > To be pedantic, Ruby and JavaScript are more Object Oriented than Java > > > because they don't have primitives and (in Ruby's case) because classes > > are > > > themselves objects. Unlike Java, both Python and Ruby can properly > > > override of static methods on sub-classes. The Java language made many > > > compromises as it was designed as a bridge to Object Oriented > programming > > > for programmers who were used to writing C and C++. > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > >