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What is the difference between "overloading" and "overridding"?

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Submitted by: Anonymous

overloading refers to -same name but different definitions and parmeters.
Overriding refers to --'replacement' of methods.

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July 07, 2005 07:06:54

Anonymous

RE: What is the difference between "overloading" and "overridding"?

overloading refers to -same name but different definitions and parmeters.
Overriding refers to --'replacement' of methods.

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July 23, 2005 01:49:18

Girish

RE: What is the difference between "overloading" and "overridding"?

In overloading you are extending the definition .
ie if you over load a operator " + " whith a object then
them + can be used to perform the basic additoin and defintion given at the time of operator overload .

The overriding which used in Inheretence . ie if you want to change the definition .

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September 01, 2005 12:07:45

Amit Banerjee

RE: What is the difference between "overloading" and "overridding"?

Function Overloading is the implementation of static polymorphism where same function name having different defenitions for different uses.

Function overriding is applicable for dynamic polymorphism where where the function name and the definition are same but the function call is decided at the run time according to the type of object reference.

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October 05, 2005 03:24:55

ravi verma

RE: What is the difference between "overloading" and ...

overloading

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March 02, 2006 05:56:28

prince

RE: What is the difference between "overloading" and ...

overloading:

fuctions with same name but they differ by some parameters like no. of arg.,

type of arg.

overriding:

any local function can override global functin

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January 15, 2007 05:01:18

RE: What is the difference between "overloading" and "overridding"?

overloading is mainly for operators and overriding is for functions

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