Java – inheritance in static methods

Why does the following code print "master"?

public class Main
{
    public static void method()
    {
        System.out.println("Main");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Main m = new SubMain();
        m.method();
    }
}

class SubMain extends Main
{
    public static void method()
    {
        System.out.println("SubMain");
    }
}

At runtime, m points to an instance of submain, so it should conceptually print "submain"

Solution

Static methods are resolved on variables of compile - time type M is the main type, so the method in main is called

If you change it to submain M..., the method on submain will be called