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h03
CS56 F16
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h03: HFJ 7,8: Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstract Classes

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true Thu 09/29 04:00PM Thu 10/06 04:00PM

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MAY ONLY BE TURNED IN IN THE LECTURE/LAB LISTED ABOVE AS THE DUE DATE,
OR IF APPLICABLE, SUBMITTED ON GRADESCOPE. There is NO MAKEUP for missed assignments;
in place of that, we drop the three lowest scores (if you have zeros, those are the three lowest scores.)


Reading Assignment:

  1. (10 pts) Please fill in the information at the top of this homework sheet, including your name and umail address. Put the time your discussion section starts (4pm, 5pm or 6pm) in the space indicated (the one you are registered for—even if you usually attend a different one.) If the other two items apply, please fill them in as well. Please do this every single time you submit homework for this class.
  2. (10 pts) Based on your reading in , complete the following exercise from p. 179, putting a check next to the relationships that make sense.
     ✓  __ extends __
        Oven extends Kitchen
        Guitar extends Instrument
        Person extends Employee
        Ferrari extends Engine
        FriedEgg extends Food
          
     ✓  __ extends __
        Beagle extends Pet
        Container extends Jar
        Metal extends Titanium
        GratefulDead extends Band
        Blonde extends Smart
        Beverage extends Martini

    Note to grader: subtract 2 for each incorrect answer, with a minimum grade of zero.

  3. (10 pts) Based on your reading in :

    What does it mean to have a “polymorphic argument” or a “polymorphic return type” for a method? Explain with an example—but NOT using the example of Vets and Animals used in the book. Substitute your own example. Give a detailed enough description of the class hierarchy you have in mind to make it clear that you get the concept.

  4. Java code examples

    Several questions on this page ask you to illustrate your answers with Java code excerpts.

    Your examples do not need to be a “complete” Java classes. They can be partial Java classes with with some ellipsis (…) to show parts you are leaving out. It needs to have just enough detail to illustrate the point you are making. For example the following Java code might be used to illustrate various things (what those are is left for you to figure out.)

    public class Bar { ... }
    public class Baz { ... }
    public class Foo extends Bar {
      private Baz thingy;
      ...
    }
    

    (10 pts) Based on your reading in :

    Briefly describe the difference between an abstract class and an interface.

  5. (10 pts) What is one advantage of using an ArrayList over a plain old Java array (e.g. ArrayList<Integer> nums; vs. int [] nums;)?

  6. Two terms that are very important, and commonly confused are *overloading* vs. *overriding*. There is a passage in that helps to explain the difference.
    1. (10 pts) Explain what overloading is, with a specific example of Java code.

    2. (10 pts) Explaing what overriding is, with a specific example of Java code.

  7. There is a passage in that helps to explain the difference between IS-A and HAS-A:
    1. (5 pts) Which one corresponds to composition?

    2. (5 pts) Which one corresponds to inheritance?

    3. (10 pts) Explain (with some Java code) an example of two classes that have a HAS-A relationship.

  8. (10 pts) Why do some classes in the Java API have package names that start with java.blah while others have package names that start with javax.blah? What does the x mean?