Distinguish method overloading and method overriding

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Distinguish method overloading and method overriding..

Answer / sagar.rds

Method overloading is compile time polymorphism and method
over riding is Runtime polymorphism.Method oveloading is
having same name and different parameters and different
return type also.Method overriding same name with same
parameters and having same return type

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Distinguish method overloading and method overriding..

Answer / umanath

Method overloading is compile time polymorphism and method
overriding is Runtime polymorphism.
Method overloading is having same name and different
parameters and different return type also. But same type and
same no:of parameters but different return type is not allowed.
Error while compile: type methodname(type name) is already
defined in classname.
Method overriding same name with same parameters and having
same return type in different class while inheritance is
applied.


Try this following program: this will throw a error while
compiling.....
class OverloadDemo {
int test(int x) {
return x*x;
}

long test(int a) {
long l = a*a*a;
return l;
}

double test(double a) {
return a*a;
}

}

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Distinguish method overloading and method overriding..

Answer / sushila

method overloading is method name should be same but
signature should be different.

method overriding is method name and arguments should be
same but return type will be same or wider.

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Distinguish method overloading and method overriding..

Answer / sarbbottam bandyopadhyay

For method overloading the return type have to be same. Only the number of argument or type of argument or both will be different. But return type have to be the same.

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