Unable to overload method in AIDL interface

Question

I am unable to overload a method in the AIDL interface.

I wanted to have 2 functions with the same name but diffrent number of arguments like this:

boolean callMethod(in String pClass, in String pMethod, in String pParam);
void    callMethod(in String pClass, in String pMethod);

when I do so, I get an error saying "attempt to redefine method callMethod"

Regards,

Answer 1

AIDL does not support overloading. I did not see any mention of this in the documentation, but Google did clarify this point in the android-platform forum here. You can add new methods to the bottom of your AIDL interface without breaking compatibility.