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Overloading and Overriding Differences

The document outlines the differences between method overloading and method overriding in Java 7. Overloading occurs within a single class with different parameters, while overriding involves a parent and child class with the same method signature but different implementations. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts for interviews and explains their purposes in programming.

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Overloading and Overriding Differences

The document outlines the differences between method overloading and method overriding in Java 7. Overloading occurs within a single class with different parameters, while overriding involves a parent and child class with the same method signature but different implementations. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts for interviews and explains their purposes in programming.

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 differences  are  based  on  Java  7:  


 
Overloading   Overriding  
Method  overloading  is  within  class.   Method  overriding  occurs  in  two  classes,  
parent  and  child.  
In  method  overloading,  parameters  must  be   In  method  overriding,  parameters  must  be  
different,  or  data  type  must  be  different  or  at  least   same.  
sequence  of  parameters  must  be  different  
Method  overloading  can't  be  performed  by  only   Return  type  must  be  same  in  method  
changing  return  type  of  the  method.  Return  type   overriding.  
can  be  same  or  different  in  method  overloading.  
   
In  an  interview,  try  not  to  give  answer  in  a  tabular  format.  It  might  give  a  feeling  to  interviewer  
that  you  have  mugged  up  the  definitions  and  differences.  Instead  try  to  explain  what  they  are,  
something  like  this.  
   
When  overloading,  you  must  change  either  the  type  or  the  number  of  parameters  for  a  method.  
Method  overloading  is  done  to  allow  us  to  use  the  same  methods  names  for  multiple  methods.  
The  purpose  behind  this  is  that,  you  might  have  different  functionality  implementation  for  the  
same  feature  based  on  the  difference  in  parameters  and  in  that  scenario  you  definitely  want  the  
same  method  names  to  be  able  to  relate  all  of  them  with  the  feature.  
 
Overriding  means  that  a  method  inherited  from  a  parent  class  will  be  changed.  But,  when  
overriding  a  method  everything  remains  exactly  the  same  except  the  method  implementation.  
What  the  method  does  is  changed  to  fit  in  with  the  needs  of  the  child  class.  But,  the  method  
name,  the  number  and  types  of  parameters,  and  the  return  type  will  all  remain  the  same.  
 

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