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Java 9 with JShell

You're reading from   Java 9 with JShell Introducing the full range of Java 9's new features via JShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787282841
Length 408 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gaston C. Hillar Gaston C. Hillar
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Preface 1. JShell – A Read-Evaluate-Print-Loop for Java 9 FREE CHAPTER 2. Real-World Objects to UML Diagrams and Java 9 via JShell 3. Classes and Instances 4. Encapsulation of Data 5. Mutable and Immutable Classes 6. Inheritance, Abstraction, Extension, and Specialization 7. Members Inheritance and Polymorphism 8. Contract Programming with Interfaces 9. Advanced Contract Programming with Interfaces 10. Maximization of Code Reuse with Generics 11. Advanced Generics 12. Object-Oriented, Functional Programming, and Lambda Expressions 13. Modularity in Java 9 A. Exercise Answers Index

Working with methods receiving interfaces as arguments


In the previous chapter, we created the following five interfaces: DrawableInComic, DrawableInGame, Hideable, Powerable, and Fightable. Then, we created the following classes that implemented different interfaces, and, many of them, also inherited from superclasses: SpiderDog, WonderCat, HideableWonderCat, PowerableWonderCat, and FightableWonderCat.

Run the following command in JShell to check all the types we have created:

/types

The following screenshot shows the results of executing the previous command in JShell. JShell enumerates the five interfaces and the five classes we have created in the session.

When we work with interfaces, we use them to specify the argument types instead of using class names. Multiple classes might implement a single interface, and therefore, instances of different classes might qualify as an argument of a specific interface.

Now we will create additional instances of the previously mentioned classes and we...

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