Is method overriding in object-oriented programming permissible and correct from a software engineering perspective?

Method overriding in object-oriented programming is a correct and widely used mechanism that allows a subclass to provide its own implementation of a method declared in the superclass.

This aligns with software engineering principles such as:

• Polymorphism — objects of different classes can handle method calls in their own way.
• Extensibility — behavior can be changed without modifying the source code of the base class.

It is important to adhere to the method contract (for example, not changing the signature and not violating the expected behavior) to avoid breaking the Liskov substitution principle.

Example:

class Animal {
    void sound() {
        System.out.println("Some sound");
    }
}

class Dog extends Animal {
    @Override
    void sound() {
        System.out.println("Bark");
    }
}

Thus, overriding is a standard and correct practice in OOP.