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Subject | occur | have benefit | is a synonym of | is a subtopic of | has definition |
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compilation | How Java Works | The process of translating higher level code, usually source code (or bytecode) , into lower level code | |||
instantiation | Objects | The process of creating a new instance of a class | |||
invocation | Methods | The process of calling a method , i.e., executing its body, passing arguments to be associated with the method's formal parameters. | |||
method overriding | when two methods with the same name, the same number of parameters, and the same parameter types are defined in different classes, one of which is a superclass of the other | that a class can inherit from a superclass whose behaviour is "close enough" and then override some methods as needed | shadowing | Methods | The process of providing a more specialized implementation for the method |
subclassing | Classes | The process of creating a new class that inherits from an existing class |
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