Definition: Overloading in Java refers to the ability to define multiple methods in the same class with the same name but different parameters. These parameters can differ in the number, type, or order.
Key Points:
Overloaded methods must have a different number or type of parameters.
The return type alone is not sufficient to differentiate overloaded methods.
Overloading allows a class to have multiple methods with the same name, providing flexibility and readability.
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