What Is Meant by Overloaded Methods and When Is Overloading

question 18

Essay

What is meant by overloaded methods and when is overloading of methods useful?

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Definitions:

Warning Coloration

Bright and distinctive patterns of color used by certain organisms to signal danger or unpalatability to predators.

Camouflage

Coloration or body form that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings and escape detection.

Competitive Exclusion

A principle stating that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist permanently if their ecological niches are identical.

Character Displacement

A phenomenon where differences among similar species whose distributions overlap geographically are accentuated in regions where the species co-occur but are minimized or lost where the species' distributions do not overlap.