Is it possible to override methods with arguments using preference?

Question

I want to disable verification email sending from certain route. At first, I thought that I would create a plugin which would change the customer email to the dummy one before actually sending the email if the REQUEST_URI matches the condition, but adding some logic to the original method seems better option for me, however this method excepts different arguments.

The method name is "newAccount" of "Magento\Customer\Model\EmailVerification" class | Path: /vendor/magento/module-customer/Model/EmailNotification.php. My question is, is it possible to override this method using preference approach?

Answer 1

According to the standard practices of magento extension development, instead of "Preference" I advice to do the "Plugin" of that function.

The function is Public, so you can do the plugin it self according to your requirement.

Answer 2

I override this method normally adding all private methods in overriden class too

Answer 3

You can override any method using Magento overriding technique (Adding preference class and creating a similar method in it).

However if the method is public I suggest you to use plugin class instate overriding the class. Check if its possible to achieve using plugin otherwise override it.

Only if the method is private or protected then you have no choice to override it.