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Wrapper (not Rapper) class need help!!

 
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Okay! Figure out the output when we try to compile and run this code!
Can anyone explain why we got output like that?
[ August 14, 2007: Message edited by: fedry kemilau ]
 
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A very similar problem is already discussed here
 
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Thank you

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hey Fedry...

your code is good.. thats a trick question...

now lets analyze the situation....

you have declared a single method twice(which you can i.e., using overloading) with the same name, return type and almost of a single type of parameter...i.e., var-args..
however the parameters differ in being a Long and an Integer...

this looks like you have overloaded the method and think that the compiler is still complaining about its structure....
here's the problem....

you have declared a single method twice .....
with ...
same name..
same return type... and ...
parameters of same type(var args).
however these differ in being two different subtypes of varargs...
one being the Long type and
the second being of the Integer type...

Both are wrapper types... or.. you can say both are Basically varargs...

BUT THE PROBLEM is that you can't define a single method twice with the same name, same return type and same type of parameters...varargs...
i.e., the same signature....

you can define a single method twice with the same name...

BUT... with different parameters, different return types...while different parameter's being MUST....

this is what the compiler is worried about.. and thats why it has thrown an error..

saying that the call is for a method that has been declared ambiguous..

so...is your question javascript: x()
bangheadanswered..javascript: x()
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if you have any doubts regarding this you can email me...ok... bye...
 
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Sandeep, the two method definitions do have different parameter types. Let's not repeat all this discussion here again. The post that Al Mamun pointed to, here, is virtually the exact same code. The method and class names are different, but the reason the compiler complains of ambiguity is the same.

Fedry, where is this code coming from? Why do we have several people posting nearly the same code? Is there a mock exam out there which includes this problem?
 
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It is not from mock exams. I just code to try any possibility.
 
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