In the code example shown next, both overloading and overriding are demonstrated. The overridden method is the toString method. The overriding in action is easy to spot with the use of @Override ...

I'm getting better with Java, even to the point where I'm almost comfortable with it, but the purpose behind one concept still eludes me: What is method overriding, and why should I care about it?

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