The process of determining which method in a class hierarchy should execute is known as

I believe the answer is: Dynamic lookup

When we use dynamic lookup cache, the cache would be updated everytime we insert a row or update our table. This would make the power cache to create memory cache based on each partitions and transform them into some sort of hierarchy.

Polymorphism

Polymorphism is the process of determining which method in a class hierarchy should execute. It is also known as function overloading or operator overloading.