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Java

Posted by Tomás Borges
Tomás Borges
4,394 Points

Importing or implementing interfaces

Hello, on the "serialization" Craig imported the interface, but in the previous video he didn't import the Comparable interface. So... when do we need to import an interface and when do we need to implement it??

Nancy Melucci
Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 36,159 Points
Nancy Melucci
Nancy Melucci
Courses Plus Student 36,159 Points

The short answer, which I got from web search, is that it depends on whether the interface is in the package already. If it is, you don't have to import it, but if it is not, you will.

Credit where it's due, and more detailed info from this source:

http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java/interfaces.html