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Feature Overriding Overloading

Overriding occurs when a subclass provides a specific Overloading involves defining multiple methods
implementation of a method that is already defined in its in the same class with the same name but
Definition superclass. different parameters.

Overloading does not depend on inheritance


Overriding is associated with inheritance and occurs in a and can occur within the same class or between
Inheritance subclass inheriting from a superclass. overloaded methods in a class hierarchy.
In overloading, methods must have the same
In overriding, the method name, return type, and name but different parameter lists, including
Method parameters (type and order) must exactly match the differences in the number or types of
Signature overridden method in the superclass. parameters.
Overriding methods can be annotated with @Override to
indicate that they are intended to override a superclass Overloaded methods do not require any specific
Annotation method. annotation.
Overriding allows dynamic method dispatch, meaning Overloaded methods are resolved at compile
Runtime the method to be executed is determined at runtime time based on the method signature, not at
Execution based on the object type. runtime.
Overriding supports runtime polymorphism, where a Overloading does not involve polymorphism, as
subclass object can be treated as an instance of its method resolution is determined at compile
Polymorphism superclass type. time.

In overriding, the return type of the overridden method Overloading does not allow different return
can be covariant, meaning it can be a subtype of the types; methods must have the same return type
Return Type return type in the superclass method. or differ in parameters.

Overriding methods can have the same or less restrictive Overloaded methods can have different access
Access access modifiers compared to the overridden method in modifiers, as long as they are not less restrictive
Modifiers the superclass. than the original method.
Overriding methods can throw the same exceptions or a Overloaded methods can throw any exceptions,
subset of the exceptions thrown by the superclass but they cannot have a different throws clause
Exception method, or they can throw no exceptions (a narrower or compared to other overloaded methods with
Handling no exception specification). the same name.

This table provides a comprehensive comparison between overriding and overloading


in Java, highlighting their key differences in terms of definition, inheritance, method
signature, runtime execution, polymorphism, return type, access modifiers, and
exception handling. Understanding these differences is essential for writing efficient
and maintainable Java code.

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