Types of Polymorphism

Types of Polymorphism

• Static Polymorphism
  • Method overloading
  • It uses the concept of compile time binding
  • Method is invoked based on the reference type
• Dynamic Polymorphism
  • Method overriding
  • It uses the concept of late binding or runtime binding
  • Method is invoked based on the object type

The words compile time and static , and similarly runtime and dynamic are interchangeably used in the context of Polymorphism and binding