Java constructor/method with optional parameters? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can simulate it with using varargs, however then you should check it for too many arguments.

public void foo(int param1, int ... param2)
{
   int param2_
   if(param2.length == 0)
      param2_ = 2
   else if(para2.length == 1)
      param2_ = param2[0]
   else
      throw new TooManyArgumentsException(); // user provided too many arguments,

   // rest of the code
}

However this approach is not a good way of doing this, therefore it is better to use overloading.