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Java Unit Testing in Java Why Test? Composition vs. Inheritance

Filipp Uvarov
Filipp Uvarov
767 Points
Posted by Filipp Uvarov
Filipp Uvarov
767 Points

Composition vs Inheritance. The first question has wrong right answer

The statement goes like this: When you use the inheritance model of code re-use, you must implement ALL public methods provided by the parent class.

For some reason the right answer for this question is TRUE. This is not how Java works, you do not have to implement ALL public methods of a parent class unless parent class is an interface or an abstract class ALL of which methods are abstract.

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Ignazio Calo
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Ignazio Calo
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Ignazio Calo
Ignazio Calo
Courses Plus Student 1,819 Points

I din't take this class, but from your explanation I would say that yes, you're right a JAVA subclass doesn't need to implement method of a superclass.

The only thing that comes to my mind, considering that we are talking about code re-use, is that maybe the author doesn't mean "literarily" implement but he's talking about the fact that in a subclass you "cannot remove" a method implemented in a superclass. Of course you can override with an empty implementation, but there is no way that your subclass can "do not implement". a method defined into a superclass.