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Answers to Questions and Exercises: Creating and Using Interfaces

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Questions

Question 1: What methods would a class that implements the java.util.Iterator interface have to implement?
Answer 1: next, hasNext, and remove

Question 2: What is wrong with the following interface?

public interface SomethingIsWrong {
    public void aMethod(int aValue) {
        System.out.println("Hi Mom");
    }
}

Answer 2: It has a method implementation in it. It should just have a declaration.

Question 3: Fix the interface in Question 2.
Answer 3:

public interface SomethingIsWrong {
    public void aMethod(int aValue);
}

Question 4: Is the following interface valid?

public interface Marker {
}

Answer 4: Yes. Methods are not required. Empty interfaces can be used as types and to mark classes without requiring any particular method implementations. For an example of a useful empty interface, see java.io.Serializable.

Exercises

Exercise 1: Write a class that implements the Iterator interface found in the java.util package. The ordered data for this exercise is the thirteen cards in a suit from a deck of cards. The first call to next returns 2, the subsequent call returns the next highest card, 3, and so on, up to Ace. Write a small main method to test your class.
Answer 1: See IteratorDemo.java

Exercise 2: Suppose that you have written a time server, which periodically notifies its clients of the current date and time. Write an interface that the server could use to enforce a particular protocol on its clients.
Answer 2: See TimeClient.java

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