As described in Angelika Langer‘s What Is Method Overloading?, the above code should not compile. It doesn’t in Java SE 7. In NetBeans 7.1, it doesn’t. Or, more properly, it’s a mixed bag.

I wrote about the NetBeans hint “Overridable Method Call in Constructor” in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints. In this post, I look at why having an overridable method ...

Constructor overloading in Java occurs when a class has multiple constructors, each with a separate and unique method signature. Overloading constructors in Java provides a variety of benefits to both ...

The days of J2EE are behind us and—as of March 15, 2011—the Java EE 7 specification ... and choose the NetBeans option to create the service from scratch: When you finish the wizard, a basic hello ...

Java jocks will have a chance to work with compact profiles, Lambda expressions (anonymous functions), virtual extension methods, Type Annotations and Repeating Annotations. NetBeans continues to be ...