java...operator overloading question
 

Hello,

in java operator overloading is not supported but the following code works:-

s3=s1+s2;

where s1,s2,s3 are strings.

isnt this also a form of operator overloading. i mean s2 and s3 are objects of class string and hence not basic datatypes. so how is the "+" operator doing its function here.

thanks.

The + in this case works as a String concatenator. Don't try to use other languages logic in Java because it won't work. I gave up on that a long ago :). Even the API is a bit inconsistent until 1.4.x, like using constants in lowercase (eg: Color.blue). They've fixed a bunch of things in 1.5.0 though (eg: Color.BLUE).

Yes, Java does not have operator overloading. The + for Strings is a special shortcut syntax that is specially defined in the Java specification. (It actually just gets converted to a series of method calls by the parser.)

'couldn't've said it better myself :D

thanks all. i understood it now.

ghehe :). I hope I didn't bash Java that much. It's still my favorite language though ;)

No, I deliberately snipped something to completely alter the meaning of what you said, in order to bash Java.

I'll happily do it again if you feed me ;)