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Implementing method overriding

You will implement method overriding to modify inherited behavior. You will create a parent class Device and a subclass Phone that overrides a method.

This exercise is part of the course

Input/Output and Streams in Java

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Exercise instructions

  • Create Phone class inherited from parent class Device.
  • Override the .turnOn() method.
  • Create a new instance of Phone.
  • Calling the new method to print the message.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

// Define Phone class extending Device
class Phone ____ Device { 
    // Override the turnOn() method
    ____
    void turnOn() {
        System.out.println("Phone is turning on");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    	// Create instance of Phone
        Phone p = new ____(); 
        
        //Call turnOn() from phone instance
        p.____();
    }
}

class Device {
    void turnOn() {
        System.out.println("Device is turning on");
    }
}
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