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When to use an interface?

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 38, Issue 2

Pages 86 - 90

https://doi.org/10.1145/1138403.1138440

Published: 01 June 2006 Publication History

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Interface, as an object-oriented programming construct, has been one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand and apply properly. Textbooks often only address the shallow side of usefulness of interfaces, and some may even mislead as to when and how an interface should be used. This article argues that the interfaces can only be effectively taught in a context of program design. The material is appropriate to be included in a second course on programming.

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Lavy IRashkovits RKouris R(2009)Coping with abstraction in object orientation with a special focus on interface classesComputer Science Education10.1080/0899340090325521819:3(155-177)Online publication date: Sep-2009
https://doi.org/10.1080/08993400903255218

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 38, Issue 2

June 2006

199 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1138403

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Hu C(2011)When to inherit a typeACM Inroads10.1145/1963533.19635502:2(52-58)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2011
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Lavy IRashkovits RKouris R(2009)Coping with abstraction in object orientation with a special focus on interface classesComputer Science Education10.1080/0899340090325521819:3(155-177)Online publication date: Sep-2009
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