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Posted by Aristidis Tonikidis
Aristidis Tonikidis
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Two methods with the same name

Lets say that we import two packages e.g.:

import com.package1.gene; import com.package2.dna;

both of them hava a method with the same name.

How can call the methods?

1 Answer

Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 22,175 Points

Check this post:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2079823/importing-two-classes-with-same-name-how-to-handle

Quote from there:

You can omit the import statements and refer to them using the entire path.

But

But I would say that using two classes with the same name and a similiar function is usually not the best idea unless you can make it really clear which is which.