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How do I use Interfaces???

807589Aug 24 2008 — edited Aug 25 2008
This code gives an error. How can I do this?
interface LongMiau {
}

interface ShortMiau {
}

interface BlackCat {

    void miau(LongMiau miau);
}

interface WhiteCat {

    void miau(ShortMiau miau);
}

interface GeneralMiau extends LongMiau, ShortMiau {
}

class CatImplementation implements BlackCat, WhiteCat {

    //I want only one method - not two
    public void miau(GeneralMiau miau) {
    }
}
It is possible to do what I want using parametric types:
interface LongMiau {
}

interface ShortMiau {
}

interface BlackCat<Miau extends LongMiau> {

    void miau(Miau miau);
}

interface WhiteCat<Miau extends ShortMiau> {

    void miau(Miau miau);
}

interface GeneralMiau extends LongMiau, ShortMiau {
}

class CatImplementation implements BlackCat<GeneralMiau>, WhiteCat<GeneralMiau> {

    public void miau(GeneralMiau miau) {
    }
}
But to use parametric types is not very good when the complexity increases, how can I do it without them???

Thank you very much,
--david
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