About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v8.2.1145 :

[bsmboufous]

A getB(){ return new A(); }

i don't get why this is false !

[admin]

Did you read the explanation? It explains exactly what is wrong with this code.

[MRamsey]

I thought overridden methods had to be the same or less restrictive than the parent class's method. According to Liskov's Substitution Principle on this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/161 ... n-base-cla


How is this answer correct if the method in class X is default accessible?

protected B getB(){ return new C(); }

Thank you for your help!

[admin]

As the explanation says, protected is less restrictive than default. That is why it ok for the overriding method to be protected if the overridden method is with default access.

[MRamsey]

- I don't know what I was thinking...

Thank you for answering and not calling me an idiot lol