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Dynamic binding (aka dynamic dispatch) is the process of mapping a message to a specific piece of code (method) at runtime.

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Static Vs. Dynamic Binding in Java

I'm currently doing an assignment for one of my classes, and in it, I have to give examples, using Java syntax, of static and dynamic binding. I understand the basic concept, that static binding happens at compile time and dynamic binding happens at…
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What is the difference between Early and Late Binding?

What is the difference between early and late binding?
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Java dynamic binding and method overriding

Yesterday I had a two-hour technical phone interview (which I passed, woohoo!), but I completely muffed up the following question regarding dynamic binding in Java. And it's doubly puzzling because I used to teach this concept to undergraduates…
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Static Binding and Dynamic Binding

I am really confused about dynamic binding and static binding. I have read that determining the type of an object at compile time is called static binding and determining it at runtime is called dynamic binding. What happens in the code…
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How do upcasting and vtables work together to ensure correct dynamic binding?

So, vtable is a table maintained by the compiler which contains function pointers that point to the virtual functions in that class. and Assigning a derived class's object to an ancestor class's object is called up-casting. Up-casting is handling a…
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Gridview row editing - dynamic binding to a DropDownList

I'm trying to get an ASP.NET 3.5 GridView to show a selected value as string when being displayed, and to show a DropDownList to allow me to pick a value from a given list of options when being edited. Seems simple enough? My gridview looks like…
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Question about Java overloading & dynamic binding

In the code below, how does first and second print statements print out SubObj?? Do top and sub point to the same Sub class? class Top { public String f(Object o) {return "Top";} } class Sub extends Top { public String f(String s) {return…
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Explanation on why a constructor cannot be virtual based on study : Correct the mistakes if any

I did some study to find out why a constructor cannot be virtual. I am consolidating my understanding here. I will first explain what is a virtual function and then explain why a constructor cannot be virtual based on the first explanation. What is…
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LINQ select query with Anonymous type and user Defined type

Anonymous class has read only properties in c#. Which is often used to to declare in linq select query to get particular values from database. In my code I have the following query.The thing that confused me selecting new object of anonymous class…
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When to mark a function in C++ as a virtual?

Because of C++ nature of static-binding for methods, this affects the polymorphic calls. From Wikipedia: Although the overhead involved in this dispatch mechanism is low, it may still be significant for some application areas that the language …
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Mechanism of Vptr and Vtable in C++

In C++, during dynamic binding, consider the following example... class Base { virtual void fun() { cout<<"Base"; } }; class Derived : public Base { void fun() { cout<<"Derived"; } }; int main() { Base *bptr; …
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Shallow & Deep Binding - What would this program print?

I'm not sure how to do this... function f1() { var x = 10; function f2(fx) { var x; x = 6; fx(); }; function f3() { print x; }; f2(f3); }; For each of the following two binding…
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What are good examples of using 'binding' in clojure?

I understand that the binding form allows rebindable dynamic scoping in clojure. So far the only uses I've seen it used for is for I/O such as with print where *out* is rebound to what ever writer you would like at the time. I would like to see…
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Higher-order functions in Elisp

I created a function that returns a function in Elisp: (defun singleton-set (elem) (defun f (n) (= n elem)) f) I try to run this in IELM, and it fails: ELISP> (singleton-set 5) *** Eval error *** Symbol's value as variable is void: f ELISP>…
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Dynamically binding lists with Spring's form tag

I have a command object FaxForm and it holds a list of FaxStatus objects inside a faxStatusList property. public class FaxForm { private List faxStatusList; public void setFaxStatusList(List faxStatusList) { …
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