corejava-OOPs: What is the difference between static binding and dynamic binding?

Connecting a method call to the method body is known as binding.
There are two types of binding:
static binding (also known as early binding).
dynamic binding (also known as late binding).

*********************************** static binding *************************************

When type of the object is determined at compile time(by the compiler), it is known as static binding.
If there is any private, final or static method in a class, there is static binding.

--------------------------------------- Example of static binding -------------------------------------------

class Dog{
private void eat(){System.out.println("dog is eating...");}

public static void main(String args[]){
Dog d1=new Dog();
d1.eat();
}
}


*********************************** dynamic binding ************************************

When type of the object is determined at run-time, it is known as dynamic binding.

------------------------------------- Example of dynamic binding ----------------------------------------

class Animal{
void eat(){System.out.println("animal is eating...");}
}

class Dog extends Animal{
void eat(){System.out.println("dog is eating...");}

public static void main(String args[]){
Animal a=new Dog();
a.eat();
}
}
================================ Output ==================================
dog is eating...
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In the above example object type cannot be determined by the compiler, because the instance of Dog is also an instance of Animal.So compiler doesn´t know its type, only its base type.