Java - Multiple constructors with same arguments

arguments, constructor, java

Solution

You cant. Also, these functions aren't constructors. And how do you want to decide which "constructor" to call???

You can merge both functions:

public static Employee createEmp(String empCode, String empType, String deptName) {
    Employee emp = new Employee();
    emp .empCode= empCode;
    emp .empType= empType;
    emp .deptName= deptName;
    return emp ;
}

And use `null` as the unneeded argument.

Problem

I need to create multiple constructors with same arguments so that I can call these from my DAO class for populating different drop down values ``` public static Employee empType(String empCode, String empType) { Employee emp = new Employee(); emp .empCode= empCode; emp .empType= empType; return emp ; } public static Employee empDept(String deptCode, String deptName) { Employee emp = new Employee(); emp .deptCode= deptCode; emp .deptName= deptName; return emp ; } ``` When I am referencing from DAO class, how can I refer to these constructors? E.g. ``` private static Employee myList(ResultSet resultSet) throws SQLException { return new <what should be here>((resultSet.getString("DB_NAME1")), (resultSet.getString("DB_NAME2"))); } ```

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