06-06994/21699 Software Workshop

Spring Semester 2012-13

Tutorial 07/02/2013
The University of Birmingham
School of Computer Science
Apostolos Giannakidis


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b. What is autoboxing anu unboxing.
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b. What is polymorphism by interfaces.
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getNum0fWheels(). Then, suppose you have the subclasses of vehicle, Cai anu
Notoicycle, that implement the abstiact methou.
Examine the following coue:
List<Vehicle> myList = new ArrayList<Vehicle>();
myList.add( new Car() );
myList.add( new Motorcycle() );
for (Vehicle s : myList)
System.out.println( s.getNumOfWheels() );
In the above coue, iuentify:
a) the Inteiface that was useu
b) the Collection implementation
c) the ueneiic type aigument
u) how is Polymoiphism achieveu
e) what is the output, assuming that the constiuctois of the subclasses set the
numbei of wheels of the object.
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!%" What is the contiact when oveiiiuing equals().
!&" What is the contiact between equals() anu hashCode().