Java Fundamentals Building Blocks for Software Development Par – Overloading: One Method, Many Uses!

Welcome to Part 13 of the Java Fundamentals: Building Blocks for Software Development series! In this session, we explore Method Overloading—a key feature of compile-time polymorphism that allows multiple methods in the same class to share the same name but operate differently based on parameter types or counts.

This technique enhances code readability, reusability, and flexibility, and is widely used in Java libraries and frameworks.

✅ What You’ll Learn in This Video:

✔️ What method overloading is and why it matters
✔️ How to overload methods using different parameter lists
✔️ Rules for valid overloading (type, number, and order of parameters)
✔️ Difference between overloading vs. overriding
✔️ Real-world example: multiple print() or calculate() methods with different inputs

💡 Why This Step Matters:

🔹 Enables clean, intuitive APIs where the same method name serves multiple use cases
🔹 Supports code abstraction by hiding implementation details from the user
🔹 Reinforces principles of modular and readable Java programming