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Java Lesson 7-2

The document explains the concept of overloaded methods and constructors in Java, highlighting that methods can share the same name if they have different parameter sets. It provides examples of how to overload methods based on the number, data types, and sequence of parameters, as well as how to define multiple constructors within a class. The document concludes with a brief mention of the next topic, which is call-by-value parameter passing.

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Java Lesson 7-2

The document explains the concept of overloaded methods and constructors in Java, highlighting that methods can share the same name if they have different parameter sets. It provides examples of how to overload methods based on the number, data types, and sequence of parameters, as well as how to define multiple constructors within a class. The document concludes with a brief mention of the next topic, which is call-by-value parameter passing.

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Java Programming : Overloaded

Methods and
Constructors

Dr. Ei Ei Moe
Lecturer

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Objective

• To understand how to work overloaded methods and constructors

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Overloaded Methods

1 Methods of the same name can be declared in the same class,


as long as they have different sets of parameters is called
method overloading.

01 2
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.

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Overloaded Methods

public void myMethod (int x, int y) { ... } Different number of


Rule 1 parameters
public void myMethod (int x) { ... }

Rule 2 public void myMethod (double x) { ... }


Different data types
public void myMethod (int x) { ... }

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Overloaded Methods

int sum(int num1, int num2)


int sum(int num1, int num2, int num3)
double sum(double num1, double num2)
double sum(int num1, double num2)
double sum( double num2, int num1)

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Three Ways to Overloaded a Method

Number of parameters
 add (int, int)
 add (int, int, int) Data type of parameters
 add (int, int)
Sequence of Data type of parameters
 add (int, float)
 add (int, float)
 add (float, int)

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Overloaded Example

class Overload{
int r;
String s;
public static void main (String[] args){
public void setValue (int r, String s) {
Overload o = new Overload();
this.r = r;
o.setValue(10, “ok”);
this.s = s;
o.setValue(“ok”, 20);
}
}
public void setValue (String s, int r) {
}
this.r =r;
this.s =s;
}

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Overloaded Constructor

• Define more than one constructor to a class

Different number of
Rule 1 public Person ( ) { ... } parameters
public Person (int age) { ... }

Rule 2 public Pet (int age) { ... }


Different data types
public Pet (String name) { ... }

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Overloaded Constructor

public Fraction( ){
setNumerator(0); Creates 0/1

setDenominator(1);
}

public Fraction(int number){


setNumerator(number);
Creates number/1
setDenominator(1);
}
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Constructor and this

public Fraction ( ) {
This constructor is called by
this(0, 1); the other three constructors
}

public Fraction (int number) { public Fraction (int num, int denom) {
this(number, 1); setNumerator(num);
} setDenominator(denom);
}
public Fraction (Fraction frac) {
this (frac.getNumerator(),
frac.getDenominator());
}

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Summary

• How to work overloaded methods and constructors

NEXT Topic
• Call-by-Value Parameter Passing

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