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WHY METHOD OVERLOADING IS NOT POSSIBLE BY CHANGING THE RETURN TYPE IN JAVA?

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  1. Mayank Tripathi

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    Why method overloading is not possible by changing the return type in java?

    n java, method overloading is not possible by changing the return type of the method because there may occur ambiguity.here is an example which state how ambiguity might occur:


    here how java determine which method to call 

    class Calculation3{  
      int sum(int a,int b){System.out.println(a+b);}  
      double sum(int a,int b){System.out.println(a+b);}  
      
      public static void main(String args[]){  
      Calculation3 obj=new Calculation3();  
      int result=obj.sum(20,20); //Compile Time Error  
      
      }  
    }   

      Modified On Mar-30-2015 02:43:53 AM

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