Can you override private methods in Java? | #shorts

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Private methods are only accessible to the class in which they are declared, so they cannot be overridden by any other class. If you need to implement the same functionality in a different class, you can create a public method with the same signature.
For example, let's say you have a class called A with a private method called method(). You want to create a class called B that also has a method called method(). However, you don't want the method() method in B to be able to access the method() method in A.
In this case, you can create a public method in B with the same signature as the method() method in A. For example:
class A {
private void method() {
System.out.println("This is a private method");
}
}
class B {
public void method() {
System.out.println("This is a public method that does the same thing as the private method in A");
}
}
This will compile and run without any errors.