Values passed in from VBS or JScript to Java always String

When I attempt to pass a numeric value from VBScript or JavaScript into a
Java COM dll by calling an overloaded functions i.e. String func1 (int i)
OR String func1 (String str) the String func1 (String str) is always invoked.
I don't understand why.

ASP CODE
--------

func1(1)

Java Overload Functions
-----------------------

private String func1(String FldName)
{
int index = 0;
index = Row.column_name.indexOf(FldName);
return(((Vector)Row.column_value.elementAt(this.curRecPointer)).elementAt(index).toString( )
);
}

private String func1(int index)
{
if (index > Row.column_name.size())
{
this.Error = -1;
this.ErrDescription = "Field Index out of bounds";
return ("");
}
else return(((Vector)Row.column_value.elementAt(this.curRecPointer)).elementAt(index).toString( )
);
}

because asp only uses loosely defined types called variants which com can
interprit as string.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)

Gary <gary.frick@compaq.com> wrote in message
news:392dd1ce$1@news.devx.com...
>
> When I attempt to pass a numeric value from VBScript or JavaScript into a
> Java COM dll by calling an overloaded functions i.e. String func1 (int i)
> OR String func1 (String str) the String func1 (String str) is always
invoked.
> I don't understand why.
>
> ASP CODE
> --------
>
> func1(1)
>
> Java Overload Functions
> -----------------------
>
> private String func1(String FldName)
> {
> int index = 0;
> index = Row.column_name.indexOf(FldName);
>
return(((Vector)Row.column_value.elementAt(this.curRecPointer)).elementAt(in
dex).toString()
> );
> }
>
> private String func1(int index)
> {
> if (index > Row.column_name.size())
> {
> this.Error = -1;
> this.ErrDescription = "Field Index out of bounds";
> return ("");
> }
> else
return(((Vector)Row.column_value.elementAt(this.curRecPointer)).elementAt(in
dex).toString()
> );
> }