Method Overloading Meaning:

Method Overloading, a benefit permitting a class to have more than one method having the same name with different parameters, is similar to Constructor Overloading in Java if their argument lists are different.

It allows a class to have more than one constructor having different argument lists which means the parameters that a method has.

Thus it denotes if a class has many or several methods having the same name but different in parameters, it is Method Overloading.

Functions of Method Overloading:

It has several functions primary among them being:

Being similar to Constructor Overloading in Java, it allows a class to have more than one constructor having different argument lists (also known as parameter lists).

Its functionality can be utilized by declaring the same method with varied parameters which must be different in number, sequence or types of parameters (or arguments).  

One of the functions of it relates to Static Binding which happens at compile time. Under Method overloading, binding of method calls to its definition happens at Compile time.

Types of Method Overloading:

Following are the main types of Method Overloading:

• Function overloading.
• Operator overloading.

Note:

In the light of the above types, it is necessary to mention that there are two possible ways to overload which are:

• Changing Number of arguments.
• Changing the data types.

Features of Method Overloading:

Following are the main features of Method Overloading:

It is a static polymorphism system (methods are binded during the compilation process).

Overloading relates to runtime (binding) and the binding of methods is done at compile-time. As a result, multiple processes are not required during run time.

The numbers of arguments are part of the actual method overloading.

Benefits of Method Overloading:

This has several benefits primary among them being:

• It is time-saving as it reduces execution time because the binding is done during compilation time.
• An overloading mechanism achieves flexibility.
• Code reusability is achieved; hence it saves memory.
• Code complexity is reduced. Hence provides consistency of code. 

Conclusion:

Method Overloading has revolutionized the working methods as it eliminates multiple methods with the same name. This has tremendous overloading functionality benefits in code readability and reusability of the program.