Is it possible multiple methods with the same name but different parameters in a class?

Question

I\'ve coded in C before, but I\'m completely new to java I\'m doing a tutorial for my OOP class, and this is pretty much my first time officially learning the language

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Answer 1

Method overloading (or Function overloading) is legal in C++ and in Java, but only if the methods take a different arguments (i.e. do different things). You can't overload in C.

Answer 2

Yes it is legal. It is called method overloading. It is decribed in the Oracle Java Tutorial - here.

Here's how you might implement a class with an overloaded getInt method.

    public class Foo {
        ...
        public int getInt(String s1) {
            // get and return an int based on a single string.
        }

        public int getInt(String s1, int dflt) {
            // get and return an int based on a string and an integer
        }
    }

Typically (!) you need to put different stuff in the method bodies, to do what is required.