多态性简单来说就是“多种形式”。

它不需要继承来实现…作为接口实现，它根本不是继承，服务于多态需求。可以说，接口实现比继承更能满足多态需求。

例如，你会创建一个超类来描述所有会飞的东西吗?我不这么认为。你最好创建一个描述飞行的界面，然后就这样吧。

因此，由于接口描述行为，而方法名描述行为(对程序员来说)，将方法重载视为一种较小形式的多态性并不过分。

重写和重载都用于实现多态性。

你可以在一个类中有一个方法 它在或中被覆盖 更多的子类。这个方法可以 不同的东西取决于哪个 类用于实例化对象。

    abstract class Beverage {
       boolean isAcceptableTemperature();
    }

    class Coffee extends Beverage {
       boolean isAcceptableTemperature() { 
           return temperature > 70;
       }
    }

    class Wine extends Beverage {
       boolean isAcceptableTemperature() { 
           return temperature < 10;
       }
    }

你也可以有一种方法 用两组或多组参数重载。这个方法可以 不同的东西基于 传递的参数类型。

    class Server {
        public void pour (Coffee liquid) {
            new Cup().fillToTopWith(liquid);
        }

        public void pour (Wine liquid) {
            new WineGlass().fillHalfwayWith(liquid);
        }

        public void pour (Lemonade liquid, boolean ice) {
            Glass glass = new Glass();
            if (ice) {
                glass.fillToTopWith(new Ice());
            }
            glass.fillToTopWith(liquid);
        }
    }

下面是伪c# /Java中的多态性示例:

class Animal
{
    abstract string MakeNoise ();
}

class Cat : Animal {
    string MakeNoise () {
        return "Meow";
    }
}

class Dog : Animal {
    string MakeNoise () {
        return "Bark";
    }
}

Main () {
   Animal animal = Zoo.GetAnimal ();
   Console.WriteLine (animal.MakeNoise ());
}

Main函数不知道动物的类型，并且依赖于MakeNoise()方法的特定实现的行为。

编辑:看来布莱恩先我一步了。有趣的是我们用了同样的例子。但是上面的代码应该有助于阐明概念。

Polymorphism is a multiple implementations of an object or you could say multiple forms of an object. lets say you have class Animals as the abstract base class and it has a method called movement() which defines the way that the animal moves. Now in reality we have different kinds of animals and they move differently as well some of them with 2 legs, others with 4 and some with no legs, etc.. To define different movement() of each animal on earth, we need to apply polymorphism. However, you need to define more classes i.e. class Dogs Cats Fish etc. Then you need to extend those classes from the base class Animals and override its method movement() with a new movement functionality based on each animal you have. You can also use Interfaces to achieve that. The keyword in here is overriding, overloading is different and is not considered as polymorphism. with overloading you can define multiple methods "with same name" but with different parameters on same object or class.

重写更像是通过声明一个与上层方法(超级方法)具有相同名称和签名的方法来隐藏一个继承的方法，这为类添加了多态行为。 换句话说，选择要调用的级别方法的决定将在运行时而不是在编译时做出。 这就引出了接口和实现的概念。

什么是多态性?

来自java教程

多态性的字典定义是指生物学中的一个原理，在这个原理中，一个有机体或物种可以有许多不同的形式或阶段。这个原则也可以应用于面向对象编程和Java语言等语言。类的子类可以定义它们自己独特的行为，同时还可以共享父类的一些相同功能。

通过对实例和定义的考虑，应采用覆盖式回答。

关于你的第二个问题:

如果你有一个抽象基类，它定义了一个没有实现的方法，并且你在子类中定义了这个方法，这仍然是覆盖的吗?

它应该被称为重写。

看一下这个例子，了解不同类型的覆盖。

基类不提供实现，子类必须重写完整方法-(抽象) 基类提供默认实现，子类可以改变行为 子类通过调用super.methodName()作为第一条语句向基类实现添加扩展 基类定义了算法的结构(Template方法)，子类将覆盖算法的一部分

代码片段:

import java.util.HashMap;

abstract class Game implements Runnable{

    protected boolean runGame = true;
    protected Player player1 = null;
    protected Player player2 = null;
    protected Player currentPlayer = null;

    public Game(){
        player1 = new Player("Player 1");
        player2 = new Player("Player 2");
        currentPlayer = player1;
        initializeGame();
    }

    /* Type 1: Let subclass define own implementation. Base class defines abstract method to force
        sub-classes to define implementation    
    */

    protected abstract void initializeGame();

    /* Type 2: Sub-class can change the behaviour. If not, base class behaviour is applicable */
    protected void logTimeBetweenMoves(Player player){
        System.out.println("Base class: Move Duration: player.PlayerActTime - player.MoveShownTime");
    }

    /* Type 3: Base class provides implementation. Sub-class can enhance base class implementation by calling
        super.methodName() in first line of the child class method and specific implementation later */
    protected void logGameStatistics(){
        System.out.println("Base class: logGameStatistics:");
    }
    /* Type 4: Template method: Structure of base class can't be changed but sub-class can some part of behaviour */
    protected void runGame() throws Exception{
        System.out.println("Base class: Defining the flow for Game:");  
        while ( runGame) {
            /*
            1. Set current player
            2. Get Player Move
            */
            validatePlayerMove(currentPlayer);  
            logTimeBetweenMoves(currentPlayer);
            Thread.sleep(500);
            setNextPlayer();
        }
        logGameStatistics();
    }
    /* sub-part of the template method, which define child class behaviour */
    protected abstract void validatePlayerMove(Player p);

    protected void setRunGame(boolean status){
        this.runGame = status;
    }
    public void setCurrentPlayer(Player p){
        this.currentPlayer = p;
    }
    public void setNextPlayer(){
        if ( currentPlayer == player1) {
            currentPlayer = player2;
        }else{
            currentPlayer = player1;
        }
    }
    public void run(){
        try{
            runGame();
        }catch(Exception err){
            err.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

class Player{
    String name;
    Player(String name){
        this.name = name;
    }
    public String getName(){
        return name;
    }
}

/* Concrete Game implementation  */
class Chess extends Game{
    public Chess(){
        super();
    }
    public void initializeGame(){
        System.out.println("Child class: Initialized Chess game");
    }
    protected void validatePlayerMove(Player p){
        System.out.println("Child class: Validate Chess move:"+p.getName());
    }
    protected void logGameStatistics(){
        super.logGameStatistics();
        System.out.println("Child class: Add Chess specific logGameStatistics:");
    }
}
class TicTacToe extends Game{
    public TicTacToe(){
        super();
    }
    public void initializeGame(){
        System.out.println("Child class: Initialized TicTacToe game");
    }
    protected void validatePlayerMove(Player p){
        System.out.println("Child class: Validate TicTacToe move:"+p.getName());
    }
}

public class Polymorphism{
    public static void main(String args[]){
        try{

            Game game = new Chess();
            Thread t1 = new Thread(game);
            t1.start();
            Thread.sleep(1000);
            game.setRunGame(false);
            Thread.sleep(1000);

            game = new TicTacToe();
            Thread t2 = new Thread(game);
            t2.start();
            Thread.sleep(1000);
            game.setRunGame(false);

        }catch(Exception err){
            err.printStackTrace();
        }       
    }
}

输出:

Child class: Initialized Chess game
Base class: Defining the flow for Game:
Child class: Validate Chess move:Player 1
Base class: Move Duration: player.PlayerActTime - player.MoveShownTime
Child class: Validate Chess move:Player 2
Base class: Move Duration: player.PlayerActTime - player.MoveShownTime
Base class: logGameStatistics:
Child class: Add Chess specific logGameStatistics:
Child class: Initialized TicTacToe game
Base class: Defining the flow for Game:
Child class: Validate TicTacToe move:Player 1
Base class: Move Duration: player.PlayerActTime - player.MoveShownTime
Child class: Validate TicTacToe move:Player 2
Base class: Move Duration: player.PlayerActTime - player.MoveShownTime
Base class: logGameStatistics: