Re: When interface name used as type name
eastside wrote:
I have a question about how one conceptualizes the use of an interface name
when used as a type name.
In a book I have there's an code example illustrating the use of threads:
class RunPingPong implements Runnable { //use the Runnable interface
...
RunPingPong(String whatToSay, int delayTime) { //CTOR
...
}
... (run method is here)
public static void main(String[], args) {
Runnable ping = new RunPingPong("ping", 33); //instantiate
object
Runnable pong = new RunPingPong("pong", 100);
new Thread(ping).start(); //submit thread
new Thread(pong).start();
}
Here "Runnable," an interface, is also used as a type name for ping and
pong in the main method.
This is confusing to me because "Runnable" isn't a class. I take it ping
and pong are both objects? But what kind?
public class TypeTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Runnable ping = new Ping();
Runnable pong = new Pong();
ping.run();
pong.run();
}
static class Ping implements Runnable
{
int duration = 33;
public void run()
{
System.out.println(duration);
}
}
static class Pong implements Runnable
{
String utterance = "Pong";
public void run()
{
System.out.println(utterance);
}
}
}
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