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What would be answer?

Consider the following method...
public int setVar(int a, int b, float c) { ...}
Which of the following methods correctly overload the above method ?

1. public int setVar(int a, float b, int c)
{
return setVar(a, c, b);
}
2. public int setVar(int a, float b, int c)
{
return this(a, c, b);
}
3. public int setVar(int x, int y, float z)
{
return x+y;
}
4. public float setVar(int a, int b, float c)
{
return c*a;
}
5. public float setVar(int a)
{
return a;
}
 
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Truly, the best way to test which method signatures overload the original method signature is to try to compile the code in a test class.
 
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the following methods are correctly overloaded
1] , 2] , 5]

the methods that will cause conflicts are 3] and 4] , since
a] the number of formal parameters they all have is the same
b] the name of the method is the same
c] the type of the formal parameters is the same
because of this the compiler will not be able to resolve a method call as a result of which it will throw a compile time error

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bhavesh
 
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The answer is probably 1,3,5 or 1,4,5

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Overloading means Having two functions with the same name in the same method, but that differ in the types of their arguments. It is not legal to have two methods of the same name that differ only in their return types.
SO, the options 1,2,5 are satisfy the above rule.
 
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The answer given is 1 and 5. 2 can't be the answer as this can only be called from a constructor.
 
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I don't get the meanin of...

"2 can't be the answer as this can only be called from a constructor."

... is anybody here???
 
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yes 2 cannot be an answer because it uses an call to another constructor in the same class by using the statement "this(arguments..)" and an constructor cannot be called from an method.


class abc
{
int a=0;
abc()
{
this(int 3); //1 legal
}

abc(int x) //2
{
a=x;
}
public void method()
{
this(3); //illegal
}


/...
/....

}

//1 calls the constructor abc(int) from abc() such an statement can be used only in an constructor

~naren
 
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oh well, now I get the meaning of "this" in this stamement

"this can only be called from a constructor"

Actually it should have been,
"this() can only be called from a constructor"

Well, I hate this.

where "this" = name of the keyword. I wish if gosling had replaced this with something else. Thans naren!
[ June 30, 2005: Message edited by: Akhil Trivedi ]
 
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Truly, the best way to test which method signatures overload the original method signature is to try to compile the code in a test class.


You'd think so, but because the specification has changed three times since the first GA of 1.5.0 with respect to overloaded method resolution, I'd question that technique.
The issue affected the JTiger test framework: http://forum.jtiger.org/posts/list/24.page
 
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"You'd think so, but...."

To my eyes the output and whether the compilation succeeds should be the same under both JDK 1.4.x and 1.5.x. Nonetheless, your comment contains a valid consideration: a candidate for 310-027 should test against JDK 1.4.x, and a candidate for 310-055 should test against the latest JDK 1.5.

My point is that questions that can be answered by the Java compiler and JRE are best answered by the Java Compiler and JRE. This question is essentially a "will this compile?" or "what is the output?" question. I've found that the compiler often catches code that my scrupulous programming and meticulous review miss. Go figure. :roll:
 
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The answer given is 1 and 5. 2 can't be the answer as this can only be called from a constructor.



You could also think of a different reason: Constructors do not have a return type. They are not methods. So, they cannot be used to return 'to' anything.
 
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a candidate for 310-027 should test against JDK 1.4.x, and a candidate for 310-055 should test against the latest JDK 1.5.


You're right for this case that the output is the same - I was referring to method overload resolution in general, which changed between update versions, and also between beta releases.
 
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But we can call one constructor from another constructor.
since constructor dint have return type even void .
except that very thing is overloading.
if my perception is wrong ....pls clear ...

 
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