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Java Method Overloading Guide

Method overloading allows multiple methods with the same name to be declared in a class as long as they have different parameters. The compiler distinguishes overloaded methods based on the method name and number, order, and types of parameters. This is commonly used to create methods that perform similar tasks on different data types or numbers of arguments, such as Math methods for absolute value, minimum, and maximum values.

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Java Method Overloading Guide

Method overloading allows multiple methods with the same name to be declared in a class as long as they have different parameters. The compiler distinguishes overloaded methods based on the method name and number, order, and types of parameters. This is commonly used to create methods that perform similar tasks on different data types or numbers of arguments, such as Math methods for absolute value, minimum, and maximum values.

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Method overloading

Methods of the same name can be declared in the same


class, as long as they have different sets of parameters
(determined by the number, types and order of the
parameters) this is called method overloading.
When an overloaded method is called, the Java compiler
selects the appropriate method by examining the
number, types and order of the arguments in the call.
Method overloading is commonly used to create several
methods with the same name that perform the same or
similar tasks, but on different types or different numbers
of arguments.
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For example, Math methods abs, min and max are


overloaded with four versions each:
1. One with two double parameters.
2. One with two float parameters.
3. One with two int parameters.
4. One with two long parameters.

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package Timosoft;
public class Overloading
{
int square(int intVal)
{
[Link]("Called square with argument: "+intVal);
return intVal*intVal;
}
double square(double doubleVal)
{
[Link]("Called square with argument: "+doubleVal);
return doubleVal*doubleVal;
}
}

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package Timosoft;
public class OverloadingTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Overloading first=new Overloading();
[Link]("Square of integer 8 equals to "+[Link](8));
[Link]("Square of double 8.5 equals to "+[Link](8.5));
}
}
run:
Called square with argument: 8
Square of integer 8 equals to 64
Called square with argument: 8.5
Square of double 8.5 equals to 72.25
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 3 seconds)

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The compiler distinguishes overloaded methods by their


signature a combination of the methods name and the
number, types and order of its parameters.
If the compiler looked only at method names during
compilation, the code in previous example would be
ambiguous.
Internally, the compiler uses longer method names that
include the original method name, the types of each
parameter and the exact order of the parameters to
determine whether the methods in a class are unique in
that class.
Overloaded method calls cannot be distinguished by
return type.
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Overloaded method declarations with identical


signatures cause compilation errors, even if the return
types are different.
That is understandable, because the return type is not
necessarily apparent when you call a method.

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