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METHOD OVERLOADING

> Method /function: A method is a module which is used simultaneously at different instances in the
program.

> Need of methods:

 To allow us to handle complex problems.


 To hide low-level details that is ambiguous and confuse.
 To reuse portions of code without retyping it.

> Syntax of methods:

<Access specifier><Return type> <method name> (parameter list)


{°//Body of the method•}

 Access specifier -public or private or protected.


 Method declared without access specifier is by default treated as public
 Return Type- Specifies the data of the value returned from the method
 Method name –Preferably related to the program
 Parameter list –Variables which receives the value passed from the arguments during
method call

For example:

> There are two components of a method

 Header (also known as method prototype)


 Body List of parameters is called signature

> Header public int add() Body return(value).The statement which sends back the value from a
method is called program return statement and issued at the end of the program which is a function
terminator.

Different ways of defining a method:

 Receiving value and returning outcome to the caller.


 Receiving values but not returning outcome to the caller and vice versa.
 Neither receiving values nor returning outcome to the caller.

> A method is invoked or called by providing the method name followed by the parameters to be
sent enclosed in parenthesis.

For example, a method with prototype as float peri(float 1, float b) can be called in the mainprogram
as: res = peri(lb).

Formal parameter:

 Parameter is a variable used with method signature that receives a value during method call.
 When the parameter values are received from the caller, then it is called formal parameter
.
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Actual Parameter: If the values are passed to the method during its call from the caller, then it is
actual parameter.

> Ways to invoke methods: A method is invoked by two methods - call by value or call by reference
depending upon the ways the arguments are passed to the methods.

> Call by Value:

 Process of passing a copy of actual arguments to the formal parameters.


 Any change made in the formal will not reflect on actual argument.

> Call by Reference:

 Process of passing the reference of actual arguments to the formal parameters and any
change in the formal parameters will be reflected in the actual parameters also.

> A method terminates when either a return statement is encountered or last statement in the
method is executed.

> A method may contain several return statements but only one of them gets executed.

The method of type void does not return a value and thus it cannot be used in expressions.

> Forms of methods:

 Pure method, also called accessor.


 Impure method, also called mutator.

> Pure method or Accessor takes objects as arguments but does not modify the state of the objects.

> Impure method or mutator takes objects on an argument and changes the state of the objects.

Method overloading:

 Method with the same name but used for different purposes is called as overloaded
methods.
 It is implemented through polymorphism.
 Compiler finds the best match of the method arguments and the parameter list during
program compilation called static binding.

> Module: A module consists of single block of code.

> Method prototype: It is the first line of method definition that tells the program about the type of
value returned and number/type of arguments.

> Method signature: It refers to the number and types of arguments. It is a part of method
prototype.

> Recursive function: A function which calls by itself is called as recursive function.,
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> Static method: lt belongs to a class which can be called without the object of a class. static
keyword is added before the static method name.

> Non-static method: Every method in Java is non-static that can access any static method and static
variable without using the object of the class. This method must not have static keyword in the
method name

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