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Polymorphism refers to an object's ability to exhibit different behaviors at various stages of its lifecycle, categorized into compile time and run time polymorphism. Compile time polymorphism, or static binding, occurs when method declarations are bound to their definitions at compile time, exemplified by method overloading. Run time polymorphism, or dynamic binding, occurs at runtime when method declarations are bound to definitions based on the created object, with method overriding as its example, providing benefits like loose coupling and generalization.

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Polymorphism refers to an object's ability to exhibit different behaviors at various stages of its lifecycle, categorized into compile time and run time polymorphism. Compile time polymorphism, or static binding, occurs when method declarations are bound to their definitions at compile time, exemplified by method overloading. Run time polymorphism, or dynamic binding, occurs at runtime when method declarations are bound to definitions based on the created object, with method overriding as its example, providing benefits like loose coupling and generalization.

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POLYMORPHISM

An object showing different behaviour at different stages of its lifecycle is


called polymorphism.
Poly means “ many “ , morphism means “ forms “

In polymorphism , we have 2 types


1. compile time polymorphism
2. run time polymorphism

1. COMPILE TIME POLYMORPHISM


The method declaration getting binded to its definition at the compile time
by the compiler based on the arguments passed is called “ compile time
polymorphism / static binding”.
Since the method declaration getting binded to its definition at the time
itself is called as “ early binding “.
Once the method declaration gets binded to its definition it cannot be
rebinded , hence it is called “ static binding” .
➢ Method overloading is an example for “ compile time polymorphism”.
➢ At the compile time it’s going to check for method declaration and its
definition.

2. RUN TIME POLYMORPHISM


The method declaration gets binded to its definition at the run time by the
JVM based on the object created is called as “ run time polymorphism/ Dynamic
binding “.
Since the method declaration gets binded to its definition , at the run time ,
hence it is called as “ late binding “.
Since the method declaration gets binded to its definition , at the rebinded ,
hence it is called as “ Dynamic binding “.
➢ Method overriding is an example for runtime polymorphism .

Why do we go for run time polymorphism ?


To achieve 1. Single point of contact
2. loose coupling – If any internal enhancement is done it will not
affect the usage.
3. Generalization – we can access everywhere.

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