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Why it is not possible to do method overloading by changing return type of method in java?

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Pragya Keshap answered on February 4, 2023 Popularity 3/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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    • Why it is not possible to do method overloading by changing return type of method in java?

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    If we change the return type of overloaded methods then it will lead to ambiguous behavior.

     How will clients know which method will return what type. 

    Due to this different return type are not allowed in overloaded methods.

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