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Chapter 9 Inheritance and Polymorphism
Chapter 9 Inheritance and Polymorphism
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-filled: boolean
-dateCreated: java.util.Date
+GeometricObject()
Creates a GeometricObject.
+getColor(): String
+isFilled(): boolean
+getDateCreated(): java.util.Date
+toString(): String
GeometricObject
Rectangle
Circle
-radius: double
-width: double
+Circle()
-height: double
+Circle(radius: double)
+Rectangle()
+getRadius(): double
+getWidth(): double
+getArea(): double
+getPerimeter(): double
+getHeight(): double
+getDiameter(): double
Circle
Rectangle
TestCircleRectangle
+getArea(): double
+getPerimeter(): double
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is equivalent to
public A(double d) {
// some statements
}
is equivalent to
public A() {
super();
}
public A(double d) {
super();
// some statements
}
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CAUTION
You must use the keyword super to call the
superclass constructor. Invoking a
superclass constructors name in a subclass
causes a syntax error. Java requires that the
statement that uses the keyword super
appear first in the constructor.
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Constructor Chaining
Constructing an instance of a class invokes all the superclasses constructors
along the inheritance chain. This is called constructor chaining.
public class Faculty extends Employee {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Faculty();
}
public Faculty() {
System.out.println("(4) Faculty's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
class Employee extends Person {
public Employee() {
this("(2) Invoke Employees overloaded constructor");
System.out.println("(3) Employee's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
public Employee(String s) {
System.out.println(s);
}
}
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
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}
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public Faculty() {
System.out.println("(4) Faculty's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
class Employee extends Person {
public Employee() {
this("(2) Invoke Employees overloaded constructor");
System.out.println("(3) Employee's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
public Employee(String s) {
System.out.println(s);
}
}
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
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2. Invoke Faculty
constructor
public Faculty() {
System.out.println("(4) Faculty's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
class Employee extends Person {
public Employee() {
this("(2) Invoke Employees overloaded constructor");
System.out.println("(3) Employee's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
public Employee(String s) {
System.out.println(s);
}
}
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
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4. Invoke Employee(String)
constructor
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5. Invoke Person()
constructor
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
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6. Execute println
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
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animation
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7. Execute println
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
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animation
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8. Execute println
class Person {
public Person() {
System.out.println("(1) Person's no-arg constructor is invoked");
}
}
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9. Execute println
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Declaring a Subclass
A subclass extends properties and methods from the
superclass. You can also:
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NOTE
An instance method can be overridden only
if it is accessible. Thus a private method
cannot be overridden, because it is not
accessible outside its own class. If a method
defined in a subclass is private in its
superclass, the two methods are completely
unrelated.
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class B {
public void p(int i) {
}
}
class B {
public void p(int i) {
}
}
class A extends B {
// This method overrides the method in B
public void p(int i) {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
class A extends B {
// This method overloads the method in B
public void p(double i) {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
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Equivalent
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Polymorphism Demo
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Dynamic Binding
Dynamic binding works as follows: Suppose an object o is an
instance of classes C1, C2, ..., Cn-1, and Cn, where C1 is a subclass
of C2, C2 is a subclass of C3, ..., and Cn-1 is a subclass of Cn. That
is, Cn is the most general class, and C1 is the most specific class.
In Java, Cn is the Object class. If o invokes a method p, the JVM
searches the implementation for the method p in C1, C2, ..., Cn-1
and Cn, in this order, until it is found. Once an implementation is
found, the search stops and the first-found implementation is
invoked.
Cn
Cn-1
.....
C2
C1
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Generic Programming
public class PolymorphismDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
m(new GraduateStudent());
m(new Student());
m(new Person());
m(new Object());
}
public static void m(Object x) {
System.out.println(x.toString());
}
}
class GraduateStudent extends Student {
}
class Student extends Person {
public String toString() {
return "Student";
}
}
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Casting Objects
You have already used the casting operator to convert variables of
one primitive type to another. Casting can also be used to convert an
object of one class type to another within an inheritance hierarchy. In
the preceding section, the statement
m(new Student());
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Casting from
Superclass to Subclass
Explicit casting must be used when casting an
object from a superclass to a subclass. This type
of casting may not always succeed.
Apple x = (Apple)fruit;
Orange x = (Orange)fruit;
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TIP
To help understand casting, you may also
consider the analogy of fruit, apple, and
orange with the Fruit class as the superclass
for Apple and Orange. An apple is a fruit, so
you can always safely assign an instance of
Apple to a variable for Fruit. However, a
fruit is not necessarily an apple, so you have
to use explicit casting to assign an instance of
Fruit to a variable of Apple.
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Example: Demonstrating
PolymorphismandCasting
This example creates two geometric objects: a
circle, and a rectangle, invokes the
displayGeometricObject method to display the
objects. The displayGeometricObject displays
the area and diameter if the object is a circle, and
displays area if the object is a rectangle.
TestPolymorphismCasting
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Accessibility Summary
Modifier
on members
in a class
Accessed
from the
same class
Accessed
from the
same package
Accessed
from a
subclass
Accessed
from a different
package
public
protected
default
private
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Visibility Modifiers
package p1;
public class C1 {
public int x;
protected int y;
int z;
private int u;
public class C2 {
C1 o = new C1();
can access o.x;
can access o.y;
can access o.z;
cannot access o.u;
}
package p2;
public class C3
extends C1 {
can access x;
can access y;
can access z;
cannot access u;
}
public class C4
extends C1 {
can access x;
can access y;
cannot access z;
cannot access u;
public class C5 {
C1 o = new C1();
can access o.x;
cannot access o.y;
cannot access o.z;
cannot access o.u;
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NOTE
The modifiers are used on classes and
class members (data and methods), except
that the final modifier can also be used on
local variables in a method. A final local
variable is a constant inside a method.
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Initialization Block
Optional
Initialization blocks can be used to initialize objects along with the constructors. An
initialization block is a block of statements enclosed inside a pair of braces. An
initialization block appears within the class declaration, but not inside methods or
constructors. It is executed as if it were placed at the beginning of every constructor
in the class.
public class Book {
private static int numOfObjects;
private String title
private int id;
public Book(String title) {
this.title = title;
}
public Book(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
{
}
numOfObjects++;
Equivalent
}
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Optional
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