So in java you cannot have duplicate method names with different return values ​​and params?

Question

Is it possible to have two methods with the same name, but with different parameters and return types in Java? It seems like this would be a good way to generalize a simple getter and setter. You can do this with constructors, why not use regular methods? eg

why not be able ..

int getVal() {

return int;
}

boolean getVal() {

return true;

}

setVal(int a) {
}

and

setVal(boolean a) {

}

Answer 1

Because then the compiler could not figure out:

setVal (getVal ());

should it call the bool or int version?

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What do you expect if I call:

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