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Why we Can't overload mehtods in inner classes ?

 
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I found we can not overload methods(static/non-static) in inner classes (static/non-static). Why is this so?
For example,
The code below does not work.
public class outer{

public class innner{

public void disp(){}

public int disp(){ return 1;}
}
}

Prasad
 
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I'm moving this to Java in General (beginner), where it seems to fit better.
 
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This actually has nothing to do with inner classes - this code wouldn't work in an outer class either. In order to overload a method, you must have different arguments in the method. Both your disp() methods have the exact same arguments - none. So it's not an overload. It's not an override either, because both methods are in the same class, and have different return types.
 
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