Question from New Boone

[Rekha Sivadasan]

The output for the below given code is 3. It could have easily been 1 also. How is this the method choosen here?
class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test t = new Test();
t.test(1.0, 2L, 3);
}
void test(double a, double b, short c) {
System.out.println("1");
}
void test(float a, byte b, byte c) {
System.out.println("2");
}
void test(double a, double b, double c) {
System.out.println("3");
}
void test(int a, long b, int c) {
System.out.println("4");
}
void test(long a, long b, long c) {
System.out.println("5");
}
}
Thanks
Rekha

[Hima Mangal]

hi rekha..
it couldn't have been 1.. the correct answer is 3) only.. let me explain..
the method signatures for 1) and 3) are :
void test(double a, double b, short c) {
System.out.println("1");
}
void test(double a, double b, double c) {
System.out.println("3");
}
and the method u call is :
t.test(1.0, 2L, 3);
where the first arg is a double, second one is a long and the third one is an integer. Now 1) can't satisfy the method invocation because its third arg is a short and not an int and short cannot be narrowed down to an int implicitly by the compiler EVEN THOUGH IT IS WITHIN PERMISSIBLE LIMITS OF A BYTE LITERAL.
hope this helps..

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Hima

[Axel Janssen]

Hi Rekha,
method call is: t.test(1.0, 2L, 3);
I think 3 is actually treated as an int. And signature
void test(double a, double b, short c)
(returns "3")
would be an narrowing conversion.
Corect me if I'm wrong,
Axel

[Axel Janssen]

Sorry I muddled up the two methods. I agree with Hima.

[S Dave]

u could also go through the following thread for a similar discussion:
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/008618.html