tips.polymorph
Class Dog

java.lang.Object
  tips.polymorph.Pet
      tips.polymorph.Dog

public class Dog

extends Pet

Demonstrating Polymorphism. myPet ISA Pet even though it references a DOG so myPet instanceof Dog will return true - a Pet ISA Dog in this casw. But calling myPet.scratch() will call the Dog's method.

Output
Creating a Pet
Creating a Dog
Pet Function
Dog is scratching
Dog is eating
A Dog ISA Dog ISA Dog


Field Summary

(package private) int

nAmount

Constructor Summary

Dog()
Creates a new instance of Dog

Method Summary

Pet	eat() A bad function....
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Use the main method to show what's going on.
void	petFunction()
void	scratch() The dog is scratching - probably flees

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

nAmount

int nAmount

Constructor Detail

Dog

public Dog()

Creates a new instance of Dog

Method Detail

scratch

public void scratch()

The dog is scratching - probably flees

Overrides:

scratch in class Pet

Returns:

void

eat

public Pet eat()

A bad function....

Overrides:

eat in class Pet

Returns:

Pet a pointer to ourselves

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Use the main method to show what's going on.

petFunction

public void petFunction()