Can you implement a method to act as a +... but for objects instead of primitives?

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I think that there is something like this in C/C++, but what about in java? Can I add a method that will add two of them together, but instead of doing say obj1.add(obj2) you can do obj1 + obj2? Can you do the same for -, *, /, and == & other comparatives? Can you create a primitive, or would that take modifying the JVM?

no, you can't do that in java – nachokk Aug 15 '13 at 02:22 — nachokk, Aug 15 '13 at 02:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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That's called operator overloading. And no Java does not support it. You can find more information here.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '13 at 02:21

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No you cannot. There is no operator overloading in Java. The only thing that comes close to an overloaded operator in Java is + which can concatenate strings and perform standard addition.

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Can you implement a method to act as a +... but for objects instead of primitives?

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