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Old 07-17-2007, 05:43 AM
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Default What is the difference between “overloading” and “overridding”?

hi,
cananyone tell difference between overloading & overridding


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Default 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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Default Re: What is the difference between “overloading” and “overridding”?

“overloading” is having the functions (methods) with the same name but different signatures. You can find overloading in non object oriented languages like C too. Overloading acts on different data types in different ways.

“overriding” is having a methods with same name and same signature in a parent class and the child class. You cant find overloading in non-object oriented languages like C, because they dont have a class concept. Overriding acts on different object types in different ways.
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