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Verified for the 2026 examโขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Definition
Constructor overloading is a feature in OOP that allows multiple constructors with different parameter lists within a single class. Each constructor can initialize an object with different sets of values.
Related terms
Method Overloading: Method overloading is similar to constructor overloading but applies to regular methods instead of constructors. It allows multiple methods with the same name but different parameter lists within a class.
A default constructor is a special type of constructor that is automatically created by the compiler if no other constructors are defined in a class. It initializes objects with default values.