How to call the overridden method of a superclass?
inheritance, java, overriding
Solution
You cannot do what you want. The way polymorphism works is by doing what you are seeing.
Basically a cat always knows it is a cat and will always behave like a cat regardless of if you treat is as a Cat, Felis, Felinae, Felidae, Feliformia, Carnivora, Theria, Mammalia, Vertebrata, Chordata, Eumetazoa, Animalia, Animal, Object, or anything else :-)
Problem
How can I call the eat and drink method of the `Animal` class with the `myAnimal` instance in the code? ``` public class Animal { public void eat() { System.out.println("Animal Eats"); } public void drink() { System.out.println("Animal Drinks"); } } ``` ``` public class Cat extends Animal { @Override public void eat() { System.out.println("Cat Eats"); } @Override public void drink() { System.out.println("Cat Drinks"); } public static void main(String[] args) { Cat myCat = new Cat(); myCat.eat(); myCat.drink(); Animal myAnimal = myCat; myAnimal.eat(); myAnimal.drink(); } } ``` Output that I am getting: ``` Cat Eats Cat Drinks Cat Eats Cat Drinks ``` This is my expected output: ``` Cat Eats Cat Drinks Animal Eats Animal Drinks ```