//: c07:music:Music.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Inheritance & upcasting. class Note { private int value; private Note(int val) { value = val; } public static final Note MIDDLE_C = new Note(0), C_SHARP = new Note(1), B_FLAT = new Note(2); } // Etc. class Instrument { public void play(Note n) { System.out.println("Instrument.play()"); } } // Wind objects are instruments // because they have the same interface: class Wind extends Instrument { // Redefine interface method: public void play(Note n) { System.out.println("Wind.play()"); } } public class Music { public static void tune(Instrument i) { // ... i.play(Note.MIDDLE_C); } public static void main(String[] args) { Wind flute = new Wind(); tune(flute); // Upcasting } } ///:~