JavaScript Method Overloading

// addMethod - By John Resig (MIT Licensed)
function addMethod(object, name, fn){
var old = object[ name ];
if ( old )
object[ name ] = function(){
if ( fn.length == arguments.length )
return fn.apply( this, arguments );
else if ( typeof old == 'function' )
return old.apply( this, arguments );
};
else
object[ name ] = fn;
}

function Users(){}
addMethod(Users.prototype, "find", function(){
// Find all users...
});
addMethod(Users.prototype, "find", function(name){
// Find a user by name
});
addMethod(Users.prototype, "find", function(first, last){
// Find a user by first and last name
});

var users = new Users();
users.find(); // Finds all
users.find("John"); // Finds users by name
users.find("John", "Resig"); // Finds users by first and last name
users.find("John", "E", "Resig"); // Finds all

Reference: John Resig