mahendra

• Jul 5th, 2005

 

method declared as final as 2 uses. 
1.method declared as final cannot be overridden. 
2.method declared as final cannot be inherited.

CalBear

 Profile Answers by CalBear 

• Jun 2nd, 2008

 

Method declared as final cannot be overridden but CAN be inherited. Example: The isAlive() method in Thread class is marked final but any subclass of class Thread inherits that method i.e. method isAlive() can be invoked on an instance of the subclass.