java - Are compile time and class loading time the same? -

i asking question because in collection see arrays.sort() overloaded, wondering how can static method overloaded, when static methods loaded @ class loading time, , overloading performed after class loading time.

my main question is: overloading , overriding performed after class loading time; that's why visible objects , invisible static parts. can static methods overloaded?

compile time , class load time not same thing. , run time (in sense use term in following ...) different again.

overload analysis performed @ compile time, both static , instance method calls. same true cases 1 static method shadows static method - resolved @ compile time.

override dispatching (for instance methods) occurs @ run time; i.e. when method call occurs, depending on actual object "target" object.

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why arrays.sort() overloaded , when static

why shouldn't be?

as said, both static , instance methods can overloaded. (overriding restricted instance methods, , instance methods ... overloading can used kinds of methods, , constructors too.)

also "loading" , "overloading" totally unrelated concepts. "loading" getting classes (in case) memory, "overloading" different methods different signatures have same name.