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Daniel Kwiatkowski
Daniel Kwiatkowski
1,576 Points
Posted by Daniel Kwiatkowski
Daniel Kwiatkowski
1,576 Points

interface vs implementation

Why is it in the tutorials we do an interface and then a implementation? For example. Set<String> obj = new HashSet<String>(); If Set<String> obj is an interface and new HashSet<String>() is the implementation

and outside team treehouse I see, HashSet<String> obj = new HashSet<String>(); HashSet<String> obj is an interface? and an implementation? In terms of thinking of interface and implementation, why have something like this in an explanation if interface and implementation are set to be different? Is there something I am missing?

1 Answer

Kayondo Martin
Kayondo Martin
7,481 Points
Kayondo Martin
Kayondo Martin
7,481 Points

Set is the interface, HashSet is one of the classes that implement Set. You can not have an interface instantiated directly, so outside treehouse, HashSet<String> Obj = new HashSet<String>(); is a direct HashSet instance. whereas in treehouse, Set<String> Obj = new HashSet<String>(); Obj is a HashSet but as object of the Set interface. So, because Set is implemented by HashSet, this is also still allowed.