IT 114: Introduction to Java
Answers to Class 35 Ungraded Quiz

  1. When we print an object what it the name of the instance method that println calls?
    toString
  2. Say you have an Array of objects all derived from a base class all of which have a toString method. When calling toString on each object, will the base class or the derived class method be called?
    the derived class method
  3. What do you call the feature of inheritance that is used when dealing with objects all derived from the same base class, and calling a method which is defined in the base class as well as the derived classes, that results in Java using the base class version of the method?
    polymorphism