Re: [MO-java-dev] dynamic mock cannot handle overloaded methods

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    <pre wrap="">The class I have been using to learn mocksobjects:

public interface Position {
    int getQuantity(PositionBucketType bucketType, PositionTimeType 
timeType);
    int getQuantity(LongShort longShort, CreditType creditType, 
PositionTimeType timeType);
    ....
}

Different components of our system know different aspects of a position. 
The two methods above allow each to access the quantities 
polymorphically without any ifs or switches.
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Java does not dispatch methods polymorphically based on runtime argument
types.  If your code is calling overloaded methods you don't need ifs
and switches.</pre>
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I was not refering to polymorphism at the overloaded method level, but the
ability to not have to do:<br>
<br>
int quantity<br>
if ( bla bla) {<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; getLongCashOvernightQuantity();<br>
else if (bla bla) {<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; get ShortCashOvernightQuantity();<br>
else if (bla bla)<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; get LongMarginDaytradeQuantity();<br>
else if (bla bla)<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; ...<br>
<br>
(Remember, you asked why overloaded methods were necessary at the interface
level. The above is why).<br>
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