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

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Last Update: June 13, 2009 Asked by: Srikanth

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November 05, 2005 07:42:48

rajaraman

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

in overloading the number of arguments for a function vary

where as in overriding the function name and the arguments used in two different classes are same

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September 27, 2006 18:20:10

somshekar

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

overloading: by overloading a function we can use the same function for performing similar operations on different data types.

overriding: by overrriding a function we can use the same function name and parameters but perform different operations on data types.

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September 28, 2006 23:55:55

Adiraju Santosh Vishal

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

yes The difference between overloading and overriding is that1.Overloading:It occurs when two methods belong to same class.2.Overriding occurs when there is inheritance.3.In overriding the signature must be same but here just the code changes.4.Overloaded methods should differ in any one of the following aspects a.Number of arguements b.Type of arguements c.Order of arguements.

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November 28, 2006 07:18:26

pavankishore

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

overloading is class declaration.

overriding is methid declaration.

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June 13, 2009 03:22:23

SUVI_1990

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

Overloading an assignment operator is overloaded in a base class it cannot be inherited in a derived class. And overriding is to create a new class using derived class.

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