Interface
Interface provides a standards that to be implemented in a related class. Implementing an interface allows a class to become more formal about the behavior it promises to provide. Interfaces form a contract between the class and the outside world, and this contract is enforced at build time by the compiler. If your class claims to implement an interface, all methods defined by that interface must appear in its source code before the class will successfully compile.
Rules:
- By default all methods in interface are public and abstract. (No need to mention it explicitly)
- Variables declared in interface are by default public, static and final.
- Implemented class guaranty that all methods declared in the interfaces are defined unless the class is not abstract.
- Class can implement any number of interfaces.
- Interface can extend any number of interfaces.
Example
interface User
{
float PI = 3.14 f; // becomes constant, by default it uses public static final keyword
void add(); // declaration, by default it uses abstract and public
void update();
void delete();
}
class Manager implements User
{
public void add() // public keyword should be explicitly given in class
{
System.out.println( ? adding manager ? );
}
public void update()
{
System.out.println( ? updating manager ? );
}
public void delete()
{
System.out.println( ? deleting manager ? );
}
}