To sum up, when used directly in Java code, 1 will be int and 1.0 will be double. Widening is the laziest path to execution, boxing or unboxing comes next, and the last operation will always be ...

Examples of method overloading with this intent in mind include String.valueOf(boolean), String.valueOf(char), String.valueOf(double), String.valueOf(long), String.valueOf(Object), and a few more ...