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Hands-On Automation Testing with Java for Beginners

You're reading from   Hands-On Automation Testing with Java for Beginners Build automation testing frameworks from scratch with Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534603
Length 156 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rahul Shetty Rahul Shetty
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. First Programming Steps in Java 2. Understanding Classes, Objects, and Their Usage in Java FREE CHAPTER 3. Handling Strings and Their Functions in Java 4. Building Blocks for Java Programs – Loops and Conditions 5. Everything You Need to Know About Interfaces and Inheritance 6. Learn Everything about Arrays 7. Understanding Date Class and Constructors in Java 11 8. Importance of the super and this Keywords and Exceptions in Java 9. Understanding the Collections Framework 10. The Importance of the final Keyword, Packages, and Modifiers 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Function overloading

Function overloading happens when a class has multiple methods with the same name. If we define a getData method twice in our class, we can say that the getData function is overloaded, as shown in the following code:

package coreJava;
//function overloading
public class childlevel extends childClassDemo {

public void getData(int a)
{

}
public void getData(String a)
{

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
childlevel cl=new childlevel();
cl.getData(2);
cl.getData("hello")
}
}

There are a few rules that we need to remember while using multiple instances of a function with the same name. The first rule is that the number of arguments present in the function-overloaded method should be different, and the second is that the argument data type should be different. If we keep both the getData methods...

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