OOP Interfaces and Inheritance.

What Is an Object?

It’s an instance of the class.

Benefits of Bundling code into individual software objects:

1. Modularity: The source code for an object can be written and maintained independently of the source code for other objects.
2. Information-hiding.
3. Code re-use.
4. Pluggability and debugging.

What Is a Class?

A class is a blueprint for object are created.

Example

class Bicycle {

    int cadence = 0;
    int speed = 0;
    int gear = 1;

    void changeCadence(int newValue) {
         cadence = newValue;
    }

    void changeGear(int newValue) {
         gear = newValue;
    }

    void speedUp(int increment) {
         speed = speed + increment;
    }

    void applyBrakes(int decrement) {
         speed = speed - decrement;
    }

    void printStates() {
         System.out.println("cadence:" +
             cadence + " speed:" +
             speed + " gear:" + gear);
    }
}

What Is Inheritance?

Inheritance is to allow object acquires all the properties and behaviors of a parent object

Example

class MountainBike extends Bicycle {

    // new fields and methods defining
    // a mountain bike would go here

}

What Is an Interface?

An interface is a contract between a class and the outside world.

Example

Useing Interface VS. Inheritance.

What Is a Package?

A package is a namespace for organizing classes and interfaces in a logical manner.