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Hi,
If I have an interface A.
And another interface that extend it called Aa.
I have a class that implement Aa (donc implement A too).
My third interface (please follow me I am almost done ) called B, have a method that will return an Object that implements Aa.
My question:
I read somewhere that when declaring variable it is better to declare them using their interface if they have one...What should myMethod() return?
1- A myMethod()?
2- Aa myMethod()?

/Daniela
 
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Your program may well have the greatest potential utility if it uses more generic data types. By more generic data types I mean data types further up on the inheritance heirarchy. So, if it makes sense for your application, returning an object of type A would potentially provide for the greatest future flexibility.
 
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ok, I understand...
thank you
do you have the answer to my second thread? I want to know the javac arguments to compile all the java files in subdirectories...
the only way I know is when I go as deep in my directory structure and type :
javac -d c:\project *.java
Is there a way to compile all the java files in all the subdirectories?
thanks again
/Daniela
 
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It depends on what you need. Let's fill in some blanks.
interface A has method1
interface Aa has method2
When I run my method in B and return an object, what am I going to do with that object? Am I going to run method1 only? Then returning an object of type A might make sense. if I am going to run method2 then I need to have an object of type Aa returned.
 
Daniela Ch
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Interface A and interface Aa have the same methods.
The only difference between the two is that Aa extends Remote.
But everything will work fine if I return an interface A. So I will keep it like this...
thank you
/Daniela
 
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you can check it in the java tutorial
in SUN
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