Mastering Polymorphism in Object-Oriented Programming: A Comprehensive Guide

Polymorphism is a fundamental concept in object-oriented programming (OOP) that allows objects of different types to be treated as objects of a common type. This concept provides a way to design and implement flexible and extensible software by allowing objects to be used interchangeably based on a common interface or a shared base class. There are two main types of polymorphism in OOP: compile-time (or static) polymorphism and runtime (or dynamic) polymorphism.