These are similar in concept to C++ virtual functions. Static methods are normally invoked using offset resolution via a method table, as described above, but all three kinds of method resolution are applicable to static methods. Each different static method available on an object is given a different slot in the object's method table. When SOMobjects Toolkit language bindings are used to implement a class, the SOM IDL method modifier can be specified to indicate that a given method is static; however, this modifier is rarely used since it is the default for SOM methods.
Static methods introduced by a class can be overridden (redefined) by any descendant classes of the class. When SOMobjects language bindings are used to implement a class, the SOM IDL override modifier is specified to indicate that a class overrides a given inherited method. When a static method is resolved using offset resolution, it is not important which interface is accessing the method - the actual class of the object determines the method procedure that is selected.
Note: All SOM IDL modifiers are described in the topic "Modifier statements" in Chapter 4, "SOM IDL and the SOM Compiler."