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Overloading

Learning Outcomes

  1. Method overloading
    • constructors and ordinary methods
  1. Add a new class called Tree.java
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package com.ait.wk5;

public class Tree {
    private String type;

    public Tree() {
        type = "Beech";
    }

    public Tree(String type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }

    public String getType(String prefix) {
        return prefix + " " + type;
    }
}
  1. Write class called Overloading.java and run it.
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package com.ait.wk5;

public class Overloading {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Tree beech = new Tree(); // default constructor
        System.out.println(beech.getType());
        Tree oak = new Tree("Oak");
        System.out.println(oak.getType());
        System.out.println(beech.getType("The tree type is "));
    }
}

Beech
Oak
The tree type is Beech

Tree.java
Overloading.java