[flexcoders] best practice to handle "overloading" in AS3?

[gwangdesign]

Hi,

I am trying to "overload" a method (same name and different signatures)in a 
subclass. In the inherited class, the method looks like this:

      public function set dataProvider(value:Array):void

In my subclass I want the method to look like this:

      public function set dataProviderr(v:Object):void

So that I can handle different types.

I understand AS3 doesn't support overloading. What would be the smart way(s) to 
handle this?

Thanks.

geng