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On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:20:19 +0530, Dinakaran, Vinod Kumar (CTS) wrote:

> to add complementary comments:
> 	The semantics of the protected keyword imply an inheritance
> relationship.If protected methods is what you want to access, why dont
you
> subclass?
> 	Also, the reason for having interfaces in the first place is not
> having to know the implementation, and thereby being insulated from its
> change.
> HTH
> vinod
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Swaminathan_Radhakrishnan
> > [SMTP:swaminathan_radhakrishnan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent:	Friday, September 24, 1999 7:04 AM
> > To:	advanced-java; Christian Cryder
> > Subject:	RE: Interfaces and protected methods
> > Importance:	High
> > 
> > Hi,
> >     The main reason for defining interfaces is to expose certain
methods
> > to
> > the world. This can mean that the methods have to be public for
everyone
> > to
> > access. If you make the method protected, then only the classes
> > implementing
> > the interface will be having access to the method along with fellow
> > package
> > classes which makes it pointless to have the interface in the first
place.
> > Any other views will be appreciated. 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Swami.
> > 
> > > ----------
> > > From: 	Christian Cryder[SMTP:ccryder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 	Friday, September 24, 1999 11:31 AM
> > > To: 	advanced-java
> > > Subject: 	Interfaces and protected methods
> > > 
> > > Okey dokey...does anyone have a good explanation for _why_ protected
> > > methods can't be part of an interface? That requirement forces me to
> > know
> > > the specific implementation of an object in order to access protected
> > > methods, which I need to do on certain occasions. It'd be really nice
to
> > > specify protected methods in the interface as well as public.
> > > 
> > > I''m just curious if there's a reason (cause I can't think of one).
> > > 
> > > Christian
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > Christian Cryder
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