Override

I have come across override keyword used in the header file that i am working on. May i know, what is real use of override, perhaps with an example would be easy. For overrides of that virtual function in a class derived from some base class providing a virtual function of the same (or covariant) signature final:

For marking an override as. Mar 23, 2009overriding cannot be possible in same class. Can override class methods, properties, indexers, events.

Has some limitations like the overridden base method must be. @override tells the compiler your intent: If you tag a method @override, you intended to override something from the superclass (or interface, in java 6).

Something like c#'s override keyword is not part of c++. @override — the @override annotation informs the compiler that the element is meant to override an element declared in a superclass (overriding.