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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition
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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

by Julie Anderson, Herve J. Franceschi
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1288 pages
39h 39m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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10.8 Interfaces 707
Figure 10.16
Another Run of the Race
10.8 Interfaces
In Java, a class can inherit directly from only one class, that is, a class can
extend only one class. To allow a class to inherit behavior from multiple
sources, Java provides the interface.
An interface typically specifies behavior that a class will implement. Inter-
face members can be any of the following:
classes
constants
abstract methods
other interfaces
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Explain how polymorphism simplifies this application.
2. If you wanted to add another racer,for example,an aardvark,explain what code you
would need to write and what existing code,if any,you would need ...
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ISBN: 9780763749637