Should we rename overloaded methods?

Posted by Mik378 on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Mik378
Published on 2012-01-29T15:08:36Z Indexed on 2013/10/29 16:12 UTC
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Assume an interface containing these methods :

Car find(long id);

List<Car> find(String model);

Is it better to rename them like this?

Car findById(long id);

List findByModel(String model);

Indeed, any developer who use this API won't need to look at the interface for knowing possible arguments of initial find() methods.

So my question is more general : What is the benefit of using overloaded methods in code since it reduce readability?

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