Question

What is meant by the term method overloading. Give an example of method overloading to SUPPORT your answer Note: You cannot get points for the example alone. B IV AA- IX E5 11xx, E - 2 x 6 TT 12pt - Paragraph -

Answer 1

METHOD OVERLOADING : If a class has multiple methods with same name but differ in parameters then it is known as method overloading.

EXAMPLE :

class Adder{  

static int add(int a,int b){return a+b;}  

static int add(int a,int b,int c){return a+b+c;}  

}  

class MethodOverloading{  

public static void main(String[] args){  

System.out.println(Adder.add(1,2));  

System.out.println(Adder.add(1,2,3));  

}}

In the above example we have add function defined twice with different number of parameters, when we call the add function with 2 arguments , the add function with two parameters is called. Similarly when we call add function with three arguments, the add function defined with three parameters is called.This is function overloading.

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