Re: Java 8 question about default and static methods in interfaces

From:
=?UTF-8?B?QXJuZSBWYWpow7hq?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:12:02 -0500
Message-ID:
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On 1/26/2014 7:56 AM, Arne Vajh??j wrote:

On 1/26/2014 4:55 AM, Wayne wrote:

   public interface Foo {
     default void method () {
       System.out.println("Foo.method");
     }
   }
   public interface Bar extends Foo {
     default void method () {
       System.out.println("Bar.method");
     }
   }

The question is, can Foo.method be used from Bar.method?
In other words, is the following version of Bar legal?

   public interface Bar extends Foo {
     default void method () {
       super.method();
       System.out.println("Bar.method");
     }
   }


Well - the following compiles and run with Java 8 EA something:

public class DefMet {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Bar o = new C();
         o.method();
     }
}

class C implements Bar {
}

interface Foo {
     default void method () {
         System.out.println("Foo.method");
     }
}

interface Bar extends Foo {
     default void method () {
         Foo.super.method();
         System.out.println("Bar.method");
     }
}

Note the use of Foo.super instead of just super.


Syntax must be intended for:

public class DefMet2 {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Bar o = new C();
         o.method();
     }
}

class C implements Foo, Bar {
     public void method() {
         Foo.super.method();
         Bar.super.method();
         System.out.println("C.method");
     }
}

interface Foo {
     default void method () {
         System.out.println("Foo.method");
     }
}

interface Bar {
     default void method () {
         System.out.println("Bar.method");
     }
}

Arne

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