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polymorphism

One call, different behavior depending on the object's real type.

Subtype polymorphism dispatches a virtual member call to the override belonging to the object's run-time type.

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Examples

  • Shape s = new Circle(2); then s.Area() runs Circle's version of Area, even though s is typed Shape.

See also

virtual method inheritance interface
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