2 methods with same name Question

import javax.swing.*;
public class Duplicate {

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void methd(){
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "How I wonder what you are");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star");
methd ();

}
public static void main() {
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "How I wonder what you are");
}

}


Why does the program compiles without errors despite the fact that it contains two methods with the same name main?

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Originally Posted by dienesh77

Why does the program compiles without errors despite the fact that it contains two methods with the same name main?

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Their names might be the same but their argument lists differ; those are overloaded methods.

kind regards,

Jos

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dienesh77

Why does the program compiles without errors despite the fact that it contains two methods with the same name main?

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Don't you think the parameters of both the main methods are different? One takes a String array and another takes nothing.

They have the same name, but they are not the same.

Goldest

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Goldest

dienesh77,

Don't you know about function overloading or method overloading(JAVA) ?