I am trying to test the @Override annotation in java. First, I overload the overloadedMethod in the Overload class, with and without parameter.
public class Overload {
//overloaded method with and without param
public void overloadedMethod(){
System.out.println("overloadedMethod(): No parameter");
}
public void overloadedMethod(String s){
System.out.println("overloadedMethod(): String");
}
}
Then Override is a sub-class of the Overload class. I try to override one of the overloadedMethod. The @Override annotation is added to make sure this method is correctly override.
public class Override extends Overload{
//now I want to override
@Override
public void overloadedMethod(String s){
System.out.println("overloadedMethod(): String is overrided");
}
/**
* MAIN
* @param args void
*/
public static void main(String[] args){
Override myOverride=new Override();
//test
myOverride.overloadedMethod();
myOverride.overloadedMethod("Hello");
}
}
But an error occurred: Override cannot be converted to Annotation
/Users/Wei/java/com/ciaoshen/thinkinjava/chapter7/Override.java:20: error: incompatible types: Override cannot be converted to Annotation
@Override
^
1 error
Anyone can tell me what's the problem here?