How to override a static method in Magento2

Question

Plugin Interceptors and overriding with preference does not work on static methods.

Need to override getOptionArray method in Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\Visibility to return a custom visibility

/**
     * Retrieve option array
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public static function getOptionArray()
    {
        return [
            self::VISIBILITY_NOT_VISIBLE => __('Not Visible Individually'),
            self::VISIBILITY_IN_CATALOG => __('Catalog'),
            self::VISIBILITY_IN_SEARCH => __('Search'),
            self::VISIBILITY_BOTH => __('Catalog, Search')
        ];
    }

Any other way this can be achieved ?

Answer 1

Overriding only getOptionArray() is not just enough because if you see in Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\Visibility at line 107, 120 & 134, getOptionArray() is called with self.Self will always call the original method rather than new one, hence you simply need to copy and paste getAllOption(), getAllOptions() & getOptionText() in your overridden Model Class (Same where you have overriden getOptionArray())