Sending default boolean value into a method in Java

Question

I want to make a method as follows:

private static String methodName(String name, boolean failOnMissing = true) {
    ...
}

I'm getting the following error:

',' Expected

Check this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/997482/does-java-support-default-parameter-values — CrazySabbath, Mar 06 '18 at 15:09
No. You A) want to turn to the [help] to learn how/what to ask here, and B) you want to do that prior research thing. Dont assume that a language should have a feature (because you prefer it to be that way). Rather turn to the books and look what exactly the language has to offer. — GhostCat, Mar 06 '18 at 15:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '18 at 15:10

The are no default values for method arguments in Java. You can use method overloading instead.

private static String methodName(String name) {
    return methodName(name,true);
}

private static String methodName(String name, boolean failOnMissing) {
    ...
}

Sending default boolean value into a method in Java

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