Digital learnings and other such nonsense…
Posts tagged overriding
Overloading in Java, what it is and how you can use it, along with some examples
0303 days
There are times when developing, when you need to do similar behaviour but with differing input arguments, for example you may have a method that prints something to the console. You may need to print Strings, Integers, and all sorts of other objects. You could (if you really wanted), create a method for each one with some kind off suffix, such as printString(), printInteger(), printMyObject(), however there is a much neater way of doing this, called overloading.
Overriding and Overloading, a n00bs explanation…
1885 days
This is easily one of the most confusing concepts to a n00b, but to be honest its relatively simple. The most confusing part is that both start with the letter ‘O’. You’ll really need to understand this if you plan to get anywhere as a programmer, as you can bet you’ll be asked “what is the difference between overriding and overloading” during a technical interview.
Heres a brief heads up on what each one means, to get us started :
