interface

[p_naresh]

Hi,
what is a methodical and non-methodical interface?
Thanks

[William Barnes]

Sounds like some author is making up words again.
I would be interested in the answer to this one also.

[Michael Ernest]

What the hey, I'm in a guessing mood, and I'm guessing these terms are words a non-English speaker has used to distinguish two "kinds" of interfaces.
I bet a "non-methodical" interface is one that contains no method declarataions, e.g., java.io.Serializable and java.rmi.Remote. These are more conventionally called tagging or marker interfaces. Their purpose is to tell the VM to treat the implementing classes in a privileged way.
A "methodical" interface would just be interfaces that declare one or more methods.
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Michael Ernest, co-author of: The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide

[David O'Meara]

As long as we're guessing, 'non-methodical' interfaces could also be for storing constants...
Dave.

[William Barnes]

I must have right, an author had to answer the question. (They cover for each other all the time.)

[Cindy Glass]

Yeah, but when Michael speaks - we ALL listen . He convinced ME.
But David has a good point also. Therefore we can predict that David is soon to become an author!!!

[Cindy Glass]

PS. p_naresh,
Please change your name to be compliant with JavaRanch's naming policy.
Your ID should be 2 separate names with more than 1 letter each. We really want this to be a professional forum and would prefer that you use your REAL name.
Thanks,
Cindy