Method overloading in Java seems easy to understand and is common in several languages including C/C++ and C#. Method overloading is particularly effective when parameters are optional.

This implies that constructors can only be overloaded based on method signature. Fortunately, Josh Bloch addressed this in the very first item of both editions of Effective Java.

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