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Chapter 1 SelfTest question 6

 
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Hi Folks,

I would like to draw your attention to Chapter 1 SelfTest question 6 in the Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates book for OCPJP6. The correct answer is

A: Compilation succeeds


Shouldn't the answer be

E: Compilation fails with an error on line 7

? My rationale is that since Phone3 class is implementing Device interface, it should implement it's doIt() method.
Hope somebody can explain. Thank you.

 
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John,
Good question. The relevant bit of code is:



Phone 3 inherits doIt() from Electronic and defines doStuff() itself. The Device interfaces says it must have a doIt() method. And Phone3 does. It just happens to inherit that method from the superclass.
 
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