Yes, TypeScript does support function overloading but the implementation is a bit different if we compare it to OO languages. We are creating just one function and a number of declarations so that TypeScript doesn’t give compile errors. When this code is compiled to JavaScript, the concrete function alone will be visible. As a JavaScript function can be called by passing multiple arguments, it just works.
class Foo {
myMethod(a: string);
myMethod(a: number);
myMethod(a: number, b: string);
myMethod(a: any, b?: string) {
alert(a.toString());
}
}