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+ operator is not overloaded in Java!
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A: The plus operator for Java strings is a limited exceptional case that is practically the same as operator overloading. Its a fine distinction but using + to append object contents is not a general case in Java, it only applies to String objects. An equivalent append operation may be meaningful and useful for data storage types but does not have a general application and is not implemented in Java.
// Compiler error: "operator + cannot be applied to java.util.Vector"// Vector vector = new Vector() + new Vector();
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