write parameter names in method call

Question

I would like to write down the names of parameter methods while calling a method, not just giving the parameter itself. Example:

public exampleMethod(boolean xWasDone) {}

The known way of calling this is:

exampleMethod(true);

Is there a way to call it with explicitly naming the parameter? Something like this?:

exampleMethod(xWasDone: true);

I consider the latter much more readable and would thereby be interested in a correct way of writing my calls like that.

Answer 1

This syntax is not supported in Java.

It can be argued that it is not needed as the order of parameters in function signatures are strongly enforced in Java.

Also, you should be mindful that function overloading is supported in Java, where multiple functions may have the same name but different number of parameters. This means you cannot omit any specified input, in order to avoid calling another overloaded function unintentionally.