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hi,
please help me to answer this question. which is from an interview .Why there are some null interfaces in Java? What
does it mean? Give some null interface in Java?
 
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I've never heard the term "null interface" but I'm betting the interviewer meant "empty" or "tagging" interfaces, like java.io.Serializable or java.lang.Cloneable. Both of these interfaces declare no methods; by implementing them, a class signals some fact to the JVM (either it's OK to serialize it, or it's ok to clone it.)
 
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