Chapter 10 Abstract Classes and Interfaces.ppt

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Sixth Edition, c 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 0-13-222158-6 Chapter 10 Abstract Classes and Interfaces Objectives To design and use abstract classes §10.2 . To process a calendar using the Calendar and GregorianCalendar classes §10.3 . To declare interfaces to model weak inheritance relationships §10.4 . To define a natural order using the Comparable interface §10.4.1 . To know the similarities and differences between an abstract class and an interface §10.4.2 . To declare custom interfaces §10.4.3 . Optional To enable objects cloneable using the Cloneable interface §10.4.4 . To use wrapper classes Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, Character, and Boolean to wrap primitive data values into objects §10.5 . Optional To use the BigInteger and BigDecimal classes for computing very large numbers with arbitrary precisions §10.5.6 . To create a generic sort method §10.5 . To simplify programming using JDK 1.5 automatic conversion between primitive types and wrapper class types §10.6 . Optional GUI To handle GUI events §10.7 . The abstract Modifier The abstract class Cannot be instantiated Should be extended and implemented in subclasses The abstract method Method signature withoutimplementation From Chapter 9 Abstract Classes NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE Example: Using the GeometricObject Class Objective: This example creates two geometric objects: a circle, and a rectangle, invokes the equalArea method to check if the two objects have equal area, and invokes the displayGeometricObject method to display the objects. The Abstract Calendar Class and Its GregorianCalendar subclass The Abstract Calendar Class and Its GregorianCalendar subclass An instance of java.util.Date represents a specific instant in time with millisecond precision. java.util.Calendar is an abstract base class for extracting detailed information such as year, month, date, hour, minute and second from a Date obje