Java source refactoring of 7000 references

Question

I need to change the signature of a method used all over the codebase.

Specifically, the method void log(String) will take two additional arguments (

Answer 1

Maybe I'm being naive, but why can't you just overload the method name?

void thing(paramA) {
    thing(paramA, THE_DEFAULT_B, THE_DEFAULT_C)
}

void thing(paramA, paramB, paramC) {
    // new method
}