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Java Objects & Classes Quiz 7

The quiz below tests your knowledge of the material learnt in Objects & Classes - Lesson 7 - Methods - Overloading & Varargs.

Question 1 : We can have more than one method with the same name in a class?
- We can have more than one method with the same name in a class and this is known as <i>overloading</i>.
Question 2 : Is the following method declaration valid?
static void addNumbers(int ... number, String string) {
    System.out.println("Total = " + string);
}
- When using <i>varargs</i> they must come last in the parameter list and in the code snippet <i>varargs</i> was first.
Question 3 : What do we have to be careful of when overloading methods that use varargs
- We have to be careful of ambiguity when overloading methods that use <i>varargs</i>, the compiler needs to resolve parameter lists to one method.
Question 4 : Is the following method declaration valid?
static void addNumbers(int ... number, String ... string) {
    System.out.println("Total = ");
}
- When using <i>varargs</i> only one is allowed in the parameter list and the code snippet has two.
Question 5 : What is overloading?
- Using the same name for a method in a class more than once is known as <i>overloading</i>. Using the same name for a method in a subclass as a superclass is known as <i>overriding</i>.
Question 6 : Is the following method declaration valid?
static void addNumbers(int number, String ... string) {
    System.out.println("Total = ");
}
- The code snippet has only one <i>vararg</i> which comes last in the parameter list so is valid.
Question 7 : When using overloading each method must have different parameter types so the compiler knows which method to call?
- When using <i>overloading</i> it is ok to have the same parameter types, so long as there order differs, so the compiler knows which method to call.
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