overload : Java Glossary

overload
Having two functions with the same name in the same method, but that differ in the types of their arguments. It is not legal to have two methods of the same name that differ only in their return types. Be careful. The rules for figuring out exactly which version of a method get invoked are baroque. Basically Java tries to match the most specific method for the type of the argument as known as compile time, e.g. String in preference to Object.

When you have overloaded methods, Java decides at compile time which variant method to use. Thus it must make its

In contrast, the Nice programming language does the matching at run time, based on the run-time types of the Objects.

Java’s

Learning More



CMP homejump to top

available on the web at:

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/overload.html
  

optional Replicator mirror
of mindprod.com
on local hard disk J:

J:\mindprod\jgloss\overload.html
logo
Please email your , letters to the editor, errors, omissions, typos, formatting errors, ambiguities, unclear wording, broken/redirected link reports, suggestions to improve this page or comments to Roedy Green : feedback email. If you want your message, your name or email kept confidential, not considered for public posting, please explicitly specify that. Unless you state otherwise, I will treat your message as a letter to the editor that I may or may not publish in the feedback section. After that, it will be too late to retract it. If you disagree with something I said, especially when sending an ad-hominem attack, a rant composed mainly of obscenities or a death threat, please quote the offending passage and cite the web page where you found it, tell me why you think it is wrong, and, if possible, provide some supporting evidence. I can’t very well fix erroneous or ambiguous text if I can’t find it.
Blog
IP:[65.110.21.43]
Your face IP:[23.22.76.170]
You are visitor number 30,330.