Method Overloading. Can you overuse it?

Question

What\'s better practice when defining several methods that return the same shape of data with different filters? Explicit method names or overloaded methods?

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Answer 1

Can you overuse it? well, yes, that is true.

However, the examples you've given are perfect examples of when to use method overloading. They all perform the same function, why give them different names just because you're passing different types to them.

The main rule, is doing the clearest, easiest to understand thing. Don't use overloading just to be slick or clever, do it when it makes sense. Other developers might be working on this code as well. You want to make it as easy as possible for them to pick up and understand the code and be able to implement changes without implementing bugs.