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Core Java, Volume I: Fundamentals, 12th Edition
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Core Java, Volume I: Fundamentals, 12th Edition

by Cay S. Horstmann
December 2021
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
26h 25m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 6

Interfaces, Lambda Expressions, and Inner Classes

In this chapter

You have now learned about classes and inheritance, the key concepts of object-oriented programming in Java. This chapter shows you several advanced techniques that are commonly used. Despite their less obvious nature, you will need to master them to complete your Java tool chest.

The first technique, called interfaces, is a way of describing what classes should do, without specifying how they should do it. A class can implement one or more interfaces. You can then use objects of these implementing classes whenever conformance to the interface is required. After discussing interfaces, ...

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