Telecooperation/RBG Technische Universität Darmstadt Copyrighted material; for TUD student use only Introduction to Computer Science I Topic 13: Inheritance,

Telecooperation/RBG Technische Universität Darmstadt Copyrighted material; for TUD student use only Introduction to Computer Science I Topic 13: Inheritance, templates and late binding of methods Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser Dr. Guido Rößling

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Inheritance: Motivation Incremental programming Definition of new object types in Java Basics of the package acm.graphics Modeling a graphical system Abstract classes Interfaces Overriding existing definitions Late binding of method implementations at method invocation Contents 2

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Inheritance: Motivation In T12, we have defined a concept hierarchy –Client and Employee are special instances of Personen Manager and Housemanager are again special instances of Employee –OneFamilyHouse and MultiFamilyResidence are special Houses The general terms (House, Person) have characteristics that also belong to their more specific sub-terms –Person: for example name, first name, phone number, … Employee: office –House: address, price, state, … We want to use the same concept in Java –Attributes as those above should not be defined multiple times –Shared methods should be implemented only once setName(String), setGivenName(String), setPhoneNumber(String),… 3

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Motivation for new Object Types The class Person represents general (abstract) persons In the context of real estates, we can only work with concrete persons who have a certain function –For example, they can be a Manager, HouseManager or Client However, we do not always want to state which type of person we expect –Method getPhoneNumber(Person p) does not depend on the concrete type of person –We do not want to re-implement this method multiple times –In this case, all sorts of Person should match type Person! At the same time, the subtypes have special methods –getListOfManagedClients() vs. getListOfHouses() etc. 4

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Bringing it all Together Employee, Manager, Client, … are each classes –This allows us to realize the different functionality cleanly –However, they should fit Person as needed ( getName()) Shared methods should be implemented only once –Avoid redundant code –Reduces the number of possible error sources –Improves the maintainance and reuse Java has a concept for this: Inheritance –We say class Employee inherits from class Person Or shorter: Employee inherits from Person 5

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Basic Inheritance Rules I Rule 1: Inheritance describes a specialization –The subclass is a specialized form of its ancestor A Client is a special type of Person –Conversely, the ancestor is a generalization of its subclasses A Person is a generalization for Client, Employee, … Rule 2: Inheritance describes a is-a relationship –A Client is a (special type of) Person –A MultiFamilyResidence is a (special type of) House Inheritance does not describe a has-a relationship! –A Client has a (owns, one or more) House –But a Client is not a House –We use attributes for has a: class Client has a list of houses as an attribute 6

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Basic Inheritance Rules II Rule 3: A class inherits all methods and attributes of its ancestor –The class can add more methods or attributes For example, an Employee also has an office number that Person lacks Rule 4: Inherited methods may be redefined –The implementation of the method will be overridden –More about this later in this slide set… Rule 5: The general behavior of the subclass in a given inherited method should fit the one of the ancestor –We cannot undefine unwanted methods –We should also not adapt them by overriding with an empty body Example: Client always returns null in method getGivenName() May to problems when we want to ask a Person for the given name 7

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Our Goal: New Object Types In the following, we will consider new object types Definition of new types of objects Creating and using new instances (objects) of these types Specification of general types without direct functionality Adaptation of inherited methods by overriding 8

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Motivation for New Object Types Motivation / advantages: –More complex actions per instruction –The units we work with become closer to the natural language –Easier to understand and – if necessary – to correct 9 Mental Model Design Model module structure of program Machine Level low abstraction mismatch low representational gap compiler

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Defining new object types We will define new types incrementally –By their difference to existing types Specialization from more general concepts A manager is a special kind of employee We will also learn to generalize commonalities of different types into a common super-type –Super-ordinate / Subordinate concepts rectangles and triangles are both subordinate concepts of graphical objects (all can be drawn on a medium, e.g.,) 11 Construct a new program component N by specifying the difference to an existing component B, without modifying B.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Incremental programming by analogy 12 Imagine you have the slide B (Base) on a projector and want to construct the figure on slide N (New) out of B without destroying B. You could put M (Modification) on top of B. Overlapping slides B M N At the end, there is B as well as there is N. Through putting on M, B is only modified virtually (not physically).

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Incremental programming by analogy 13 B M N Advantages Minimization of work / costs: Only the difference is drawn again. The figure on slide B is reused. Mistake prevention: B has already been defined and tested. There could be new mistakes when re-drawing it. We expect the same advantages when using incremental programming in software construction: –Software is expensive. Repeated development is unaffordable nowadays. –Reusability of existing assets whenever possible is an important topic in the software industry.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Language support for incremental programming Necessary language constructs: Definition of new classes as heirs of existing classes by means of inheritance the really new concept of OOP –Definition of new methods / attributes –Overriding of inherited behavior 14

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Definition of new types in Java: Person 16 public class Person extends Object { String name; String givenName; String address; String phoneNr; // Konstruktor for Person objects public Person(String pName, String pGivenName, String pAddress, String pPhone) { name = pName; givenName = pGivenName; address = pAddress; phoneNr = pPhoneNr; } public String getName() { // returns the Persons name return name; } // Methods getGivenName(), setName(String) etc. } Keyword for inheritance

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Definition of new types in Java 17 The new class inherits all methods and attributes of the base class and may define new ones. class extends { [List of new atributes] [List of constructors] [List of new methods] } class Client extends Person { //... } A Client is at first a Person. It has all the attributes and offers all services of a Person.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Definition of new object types 18 public class Client extends Person { House house; // only one house for now... public Client(String name, String givenName, String address, String phone, House house) { setName(name); setGivenName(givenName); setAddress(address); setPhoneNumber(phone); this.house = house; } We can use existing services for the definition, e.g. setPhoneNumber(String) this represents the current object in Java. When it is obvious a method call goes to this, we can also skip this. Other OO have similar special names; for example, Smalltalk uses self. this.house is the attribute of the object, not the parameter of the constructor. Preliminary version

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Excursion: Naming New Methods Naming and correctness of new methods –Java does not understand the method name –The following method is thus correct, but not what we would expectit will confuse users! public void getMyName() { System.err.println(myHouse); } This method should rather be called printHouseInfo() –Result: intention errors in programthe program will not react as anticipated. Name methods according to their contents! 19

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Constructors and New Types 20 Subclasses have to call a constructor of its ancestor A subclass that does not define any constructor receives an implicit parameterless constructor, which will call the parameterless constructor of its ancestor. public class Employee extends Person { // Implementation without explicit constructor } public class Employee extends Person { Employee() { super(); } //... } This only works if the ancestor actually defines a parameterless constructor – else we get a compile error (will happen here…) Keyword for access to elements of the ancestor, here: constructor

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Constructors and New Types 21 Person only defines a constructor with 4 parameters Note: As opposed to methods, constructs are not inherited! Thus, Employee needs to implement an explicit constructor that will call the constructor with four parameters defined in class Person. public class Employee extends Person { int officeNumber; // office number public Employee(String name, String givenName, String address, String phone, int officeNr) { super(name, givenName, address, phone); setOfficeNumber(officeNr); } // more features... } // Example: creating a new Employee Employee mueller = new Employee("Mueller", "Tim", "Hauptstr. 10, 64289 Darmstadt", "06151-1234567", 10);

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 [Aside: Whats a modeling language?] 22 Mental Model Design Model module structure of program Machine Level low abstraction mismatch low representational gap compiler Graphical notation (language) in which we write design models. More abstract than a programming language. In general, not executable. One can generate some code out of a model; supported by tools.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Unified Modeling Language (UML) Language and notation for a visual description of the design of software systems –Specification how the software system should be constructed –Visualization which can easily be understood even by non computer scientists –Documentation of software –Particularly important for the design of large systems in a team UML provides a collection of diagram types to describe certain aspects of the software –Use-case diagram: What can be done by which actor in the system? –Class diagram: Describes the relations between classes –Behavioral diagrams: How does the system act? –Implementation diagrams: Components and their relationships In the following, we concentrate on the class diagram! 23

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Class diagram in UML 24 UML notation for method implementations getOfficeNr() : int setOfficeNr() : void return officeNr; getSupervisedList(): … UML notation for inherits UML notation for class name : String … setName(String): void... Person Employee Manager Note that the inheritance is a transitive relation: Manager inherits everything that Employee also inherits (e.g., setName(String) ) Class diagram: Class properties Attributes Methods Relationships: Inheritance (Part-of) (Dependencies)

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Modeling a Graphical System We now leave our real estate example –While useful for OO modeling, it is not very inspiring Instead, we will model a graphical system –This contains a drawing area and graphical objects Lines, rectangles, ovals, polygons, … For this purpose, we return to the ACM JTF package –See slide set T11, GraphicsProgram We will base our model on ACM JTF –But we will take time to find a good model of our own –This may not be identical to ACM JTF But nobody ever said, that the ACM JTF package were perfect… 26

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Using ACM JTF Graphics ACM JTF offers more than Console, Dialog and Graphics –An (almost) complete system for drawing objects on the screen! Objects are drawn in the order they are declared: The base for this is the well-known GraphicsProgram We will use additional classes for graphical objects –Arcs, texts, lines, ovals, rectangles, polygons 27

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Basic Concepts for Graphics with ACM JTF To create graphics with ACM JTF, you should know…: –The same output window is used as for HelloGraphics –The coordinate system starts at the top left with (0, 0) The x axis extends to the right, the y axis to below Each coordinate refers to a single pixel Both int and double can be used for coordinates Basic classes for creating graphics –Class GCanvas represents the drawing area –Class GObject is the ancestor for all graphical objects –To draw, add a GObject subclass to the GCanvas Use method add(GObject) in class GCanvas for this This method is also directly available in GraphicsProgram Let us first take a look at the graphical objects… 28

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Graphical Objects: Class GObject GObject is the base class for all graphical objects –Just as Person was the base class for Employee, Client ( T12) Most relevant methods: –double getX(), double getY(), GPoint getLocation() Returns the x / y coordinate of the object or its location as a point –void setLocation(double x, double y), void setLocation(GPoint p) Sets the coordinate of the object to (x, y) or to the point passed in –double getWidth(), double getHeight() Returns the width or height of the object –GDimension getSize() Returns the size of the object as an instance of GDimension –GRectangle getBoundingBox() Returns the smallest rectangle that completely covers the object 29

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Graphical Objects: Class GObject Moving an object: –void move(double dx, double dy), void setLocation(GPoint p) Moves the object by ( dx, dy ) or sets it to the location p Internally calls setLocation(getX() + dx, getY() + dy) –void movePolar(double r, double theta) Moves the object for r units in the direction theta (angular degrees) Retrieving or setting the color of an object: –void setColor(Color c), Color getColor() See the Java documentation of java.awt.Color Usually, the following predefined constant colors should suffice: –Color.BLACK, Color.RED, Color.BLUE, Color.DARK_GRAY, Color.YELLOW, Color.MAGENTA, Color.GRAY, Color.GREEN, Color.ORANGE, Color.LIGHT_GRAY, Color.CYAN, Color.PINK, Color.WHITE You have to import java.awt.Color; at the start of the class! 30

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Graphical Objects: Class GObject Changing the order of drawing –Normally, newer objects will be drawn on the front –To change this, use these four methods: void sendToFront(), void sendToBack() –Sends the object to the front or back void sendForward(), void sendBackward() –Raises or lowers the object by one layer Testing whether a given point is contained in the object –boolean contains(double x, double y) boolean contains(GPoint p) Returns true if the point is inside the object, else false 31

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Display Area: GCanvas GraphicsProgram already contains a GCanvas Most relevant methods in both classes: –void add(GObject go) Adds object go to the GCanvas at the position given in go –void add(GObject go, double x, double y) void add(GObject go, GPoint p) Adds object go to the GCanvas at the position passed in –void remove(GObject go) Removes the object go from the GCanvas –void removeAll() Removes all graphical objects from the GCanvas –int getWidth(), int getHeight() Returns the width or height of the GCanvas 32

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Display Area: GCanvas void setBackground(Color bgColor) –Sets the background color to bgColor GObject getElementAt(double x, double y) GObject getElementAt(GPoint p) –Returns the uppermost object that contains coordinate (x, y) or p –Calls contains(x, y) or contains(p) on all objects Example (T11, Slide 20): // Create a new object: GLabel for texts GLabel label = new GLabel("hello, world"); // neuw Text // Assign font label.setFont("SansSerif-100"); // Font: no serifs // determine position and add to the canvas double x = (getWidth() - label.getWidth()) / 2; // centered double y = (getHeight() + label.getAscent()) / 2; // centered add(label, x, y); // add text to the GCanvas 33

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Example: two objects on the Canvas import java.awt.Color; // for color import acm.graphics.GOval; // for the oval import acm.graphics.GRect; // for the rectangle import acm.program.GraphicsProgram;// our ancestor public class FeltBoard extends GraphicsProgram { public void run() {/** Runs the program */ GRect rect = new GRect(100, 50, 100, 100 / PHI); // def. rect rect.setFilled(true);// rectangle is filled... rect.setColor(Color.RED);//...with red add(rect);// add to GCanvas GOval oval = new GOval(150, 50 + 50 / PHI, 100, 100 / PHI); oval.setFilled(true);// also filled... oval.setColor(Color.GREEN);// but green add(oval);// add to GCanvas } 34

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Example: two objects on the GCanvas /** Constant representing the golden ratio */ public static final double PHI = 1.618; /* Standard Java entry point */ /* This method can be eliminated in most Java environments */ public static void main(String[] args) { new FeltBoard().start(args); } } Output (see slide 27): As the rectangle as added first, it is places behind the oval that was added later. 35

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Predefined subclasses of GObject GLine: Line between two points –GLine(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2) Creates a line from (x1, y1) to (x2, y2) –GPoint getStartPoint() GPoint getEndPoint() Returns the starting or ending point of the line GOval: oval shape –GOval(double x, double y, double w, double h) Creates an oval with upepr left corner (x, y) and radius w and h GLabel: Text –GLabel(String text, double x, double y) Text text, starting at (x, y) with baseline y 36

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Predefined Subclasses of GObject GArc: Arc; like GOval, but with start and end angle –GArc(double x, double y, double w, double h, double start, double sweep) Arc with left upper corner of ist bounding box at (x, y), radius w and h, start angle start and total angle sweep (measured in degrees) –Several further methods for getting or setting arcs angles GPolygon: Polygon with an arbitrary number of points –GPolygon(double x, double y) Creates a polygon at (x, y) without any additional points –GPolygon(GPoint[] points) Creates a polygon with the nodes given in the array –addEdge(double x, double y) Adds a new edge from the last known point to (x, y) –void markAsComplete() Mark polygon as complete; no further addition is possible 37

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Predefined Subclasses of GObject GRect: rectangle in three variant forms –GRect(double x, double y, double w, double h) Creates a rectangle with nodex (x,y) and (x+w, y+h) –G3DRect(double x, double y, double w, double h) Creates a rectangle with a 3D effect Additional parameter: boolean raised; if true, draws raised –GRoundRect(double x, double y, double w, double h) Creates a rectangle with rounded edges Additional parameters: –double arcSize – size of the edge angle –double arcWidth, double arcHeight – individual sizes GImage: allow inclusion of images –GImage(Image image, double x, double y) Creates an image; not regarded for now 38

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Aside: Drawing GObject Instances The drawing of GObject instances is done internally –In the method void paint(Graphics g), defined in class GObject –Graphics is a rather powerful class from java.awt Please consul the Java API Dokumentation for details! Drawing a rectangle (slightly simplified) using Graphics: public void paint(Graphics g) { // draw rectangle from (x, y) with width and height g.drawRect(getX(), getY(), getWidth(),getHeight()); } Drawing a square (slightly simplified) using Graphics: public void paint(Graphics g) { // draw square from (x, y) with fitting size g.drawRect(getX(), getY(), size, size); } 39

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Determining the best Inheritance Hierarchy The choice of the best fitting modeling is not always obvious We will now regard the following classes as parts of a graphical system: –Point (GPoint) –Rectangle (GRect) –As needed, also a class for squares (GSquare) We will examine different modeling approaches –We will also argue why a given modeling is (not) appropriate. 41

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model I: Point as Ancestor Idea: all graphical objects consist of at least one point Inheritance Rule 1: subclass is a specialization –Is a rectangle a specialized point? What we meant was: a rectangle contains at least one point –We should use a GPoint as an attribute, not as the ancestor! –See Inheritance Rule 2: is-a vs. has-a 42 GPoint GRect This is a bad choice!

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model II: Point next to Rectangle GPoint should not be the base class for a rectangle –The same reason applies to other graphical objects We now define a general base class GObject –This will not represent a concrete object Concrete methods such as paint will be left empty in GObject –The class gathers common functionality of all graphical objects –Concrete tasks, such as painting, have to be done by subclasses 43 GObject GPoint GRect

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model III: Rectangle and Square How should we model the rectangle and square? –A square is more special than a rectangle –Thus, we could use rectangle as the base class for square 44 GSquare GObject GPoint GRect Is this really a good model?

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model III: Rectangle as Ancestor of Square Attention: Inheritance Rules 3 and 5 –3: A class inherits all methods and attributes of its ancestor –5: The general behavior of the subclass in a given inherited method should fit the one of the ancestor Square thus inherits all attributes and methods from Rectangle Thus, also the two points upper left, lower right And methods such as setWidth(double), setHeight(double) How can we ensure that the shape stays a square? How can we adapt the method for changing the size? –Rectangle: two values or a Gdimension object –Square: one value –The inherited methods from Rectangle must stay available –We can at best override them: public void setSize(double w, double h) { setSize((w + h) / 2); } This does not match the behavior of the ancestor Rule 5 45

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model IV: Square as Base Class for Rectangle What happens if we change the order: Rectangle inherits from Square? –Rectangle inherits a size and adds a second size void setSize(double size) { setSize(size, size); } –This is possible and does not violate Inheritance Rule 3+5 –But: a rectangle is a generalization of a square, not a specialization! Thus, this model is also not a good choice We will add GSquare next to GPoint, GRect 46

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Using new Object Types We extend our class FeltBoard (slide 34-35): // Code until end of method "run" as before add(oval);// add to GCanvas // update: a new object is introduced GSquare square = new GSquare(120, 80, 60); square.setColor(Color.BLACK); add(square); // continue as before... 47

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Templates & Abstract Classes Let us examine the class GObject more closely… Classes GPoint, GRect and GSquare inherit from GObject This also includes the method void paint(Graphics g) –How can this method be implemented for a general GObject? –We do not even know what type of object it is supposed to be! For this purpose, classes may declare methods which are not implemented inside the class. –Such methods are called abstract methods. –Classes which contain at least one abstract method are called abstract classes. We will now examine how abstract classes support reuse if similar, but not identical tasks have to be implemented. 49

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Abstract Classes: GObject GObject represents arbitrary graphical object –Thus, nothing concrete such as a circle, square – only a template GObject provides general functionality to all subclasses –Setting and getting the coordinate and color –Determining the bounds of the object (bounds) –Drawing the object using paint(Graphics) Not all methods can be implemented –How can we draw a template? As a circle, square, …? –How can we determine the bounds of a template? How do we treat this situation? –What do we want to achieve? Each concrete subclass must implement these two methods This should be ensured by Java, not only by (potentially ignored) comments in the source code and documentation 50

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Treatment of non-concrete Methods Approach 1: we leave those methods empty in GObject public void paint(Graphics g) { } –The method is implemented, but has no functionality –Subclasses should implement paint, but Java does not enforce that Approach 2: we implement those methods somehow –E. g., an error message is printed, so that the user sees the call was incorrect –Classes compile normally, end user sees the errors Unless the console was minimized… –The program may behave incorrectly Depending on the implementation of getBounds(), getElementsAt() may return the wrong objects 51

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Abstract Methods and Classes in Java A non-concrete method is called abstract Marked in Java by abstract before the return type Abstract methods are only declared –Instead of the curly braces, there is only a semicolon ; public abstract void paint(Graphics g); A class with at least one abstract method must also be declared abstract public abstract class GObject {... } As an abstract class is incomplete, no object of this type can be created GObject go = new GObject(); // Error! 52

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Abstract Classes and their Descendants A class that inherits from an abstract class… –Inherits the declarations of all abstract methods –Can implement abstract methods See getBounds() and paint(Graphics) in GSquare Unless all abstract methods are implemented, the descendant is also abstract –This is true even if the inherited method does not show up explicitly as abstract in the class source code, for example because we have left out getBounds() in GSquare Only the conkrete implementation of all abstract methods results in a completely implemented class… –…of which we can then create actual instances using new 53

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Using Abstract Classes 54 //... public void run() { // s. Folie 35 und 36 GRect rect = new GRect(100, 50, 100, 100 / PHI); rect.setFilled(true); rect.setColor(Color.RED); add(rect); GOval oval = new GOval(150, 50 + 50/PHI, 100, 100/PHI); oval.setFilled(true); oval.setColor(Color.GREEN); add(oval); } //... Let us return to the code on slide 34f: The highlighted method setColor was inherited without changing it from GObject The method add calls (invisibly) the paint(Graphics)

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Abstract Classes Shared aspects in the super class GObject –Method contains(double, double ) tests, if a given point is contained in the object; uses getBounds() –However, getBounds() is abstract 55 abstract class GObject extends Object{ //Konstruktor (versteckt) boolean contains(double x, double y){ return getBounds().contains(x, y); } abstract GRectangle getBounds(); } Unimplemented Operation. It is only declared here; means all concrete GObject instances offer the service getBounds(). However, we cannot provide a shared implementation of this. Template method. Calls primitive abstract operations.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Descendants of Abstract Classes 56 class GRect extends GObject{ double frameWidth, frameHeight; // Konstruktor etc... GRectangle getBounds() { return new GRectangle(getX(), getY(), frameWidth + 1, frameHeight + 1); } class GSquare extends GObject{ double frameSize; // Konstruktor etc... GRectangle getBounds() { return new GRectangle(getX(), getY(), frameSize + 1, frameSize + 1); } Grect and GSquare implement the template differently Use width and height for the result Use the size (both times) for the result

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Abstract Classes in UML 57 GRect getBounds(): GRectangle GSquare getBounds(): GRectangle UML notation for abstract classes UML notation for abstract methods GObject contains(double, double): boolean getBounds(): GRectangle

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model V: Decoupling the classes Similarly to GPoint and GRect, we can decouple GRect and GSquare 58 GSquare GObject GPoint GRect This works without any problem But the common aspects of GRect and GSquare are gone For example, both might be filled and have a fill color However, a GPoint does not have this functionality. Is this really a good model?

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Implementation of GSquare What do we have to do when implementing GSquare? –The method drawRect expects four parameters of type int Round the double coordinates and convert to int –We have to specify constructors for GSquare Otherwise, we cannot create a new instance of GSquare! We will define two constructors: –Specification of only the sizethe start coordinate will be (0, 0) –Specification of size and starting point Solving most of these problems is easy –See the next two slides for the code! 59

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Complete Code for GSquare package acm.graphics;// Belongs to package acm.graphics import java.awt.Graphics;// needed for paint(Graphics) public class GSquare extends GObject {// derived from GObject private double frameSize;// size of the square public GSquare(double size) {// Create without coord.-> (0, 0) this(0, 0, size);// Call other constructor } public GSquare(double x, double y, double size) { frameeSize = size;// Store size of square setLocation(x, y);// set the location (->GObject) } public double getSquareSize() {// return size of square return frameSize;// return internal size } 60

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Complete Code for GSquare public GRectangle getBounds() { // determine box return new GRectangle(getX(), getY(), frameSize+1, frameSize + 1); } public void paint(Graphics g) { // draw it! g.drawRect((int)GMath.round(getX()), (int)Math.round(getY()), (int)Math.round(frameSize), (int)Math.round(frameSize)); } Similarly, we could define additional types such as GTriangle 61

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model VI: Abstract Class GFillableObject We can define an abstract class for filled objects, for example with the following attributes and methods: –boolean isFilled –Color fillColor –boolean isFilled(), void setFilled(boolean filled) –Color getFillColor(), void setFillColor(Color c) All methods can be implemented and inherited 63 GSquare GFillableObjectGPoint GRect GObject Is this really a good model?

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model VI: Abstract Class GFillableObject This is basically a clean and working structure But now, all filled structures must be derived of class GFilledObject or one of its subclasses We can no longer provide a good model for a class … –… that has a fill color and may be filled –… allows setting and retrieving the fill color and fill state –… therefore acts like a descendant of GFilledObject … –… but does not extend GFilledObject For example, because it specializes some other type We block the road for future classes! –We need a concept to evade the single inheritance of Java –Even if this may result in some code redundancy. 64

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Interfaces Interfaces declare methods (services), without implementing them –An interface type contains only method signatures: return type, name, list of parameters and their types Functional Abstraction: the what but not the how –Separation of declaration and implementation 65 +operation(): void > AnInterface UML Notation Java syntax interface AnInterface { public void operation(); }

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Implementing an Interface A class implementing an interface… –Either has to implement all methods declared in the interface, or it must be declared abstract Implemented methods retain their signature and must be public –The class can also define additional methods Multiple Java classes can implement the same interface in different ways. In Java, a class can implement multiple interfaces –But it can only inherit from one class! 66

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Implementing an Interface 67 ClientClass calls ImplClass1 AnInterface is implemented by ImplClass1 a nd ImplClass2. ImplClass2 > AnInterface > AnotherInterface operation(): void +operation(): void UML notation for implements class ImplClass1 implements AnInterface { public void operation () { //... }

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Interface Inheritance An interface can inherit from one or more super-interfaces (keyword extends ). A class AClass implementing interface B has to implement all methods declared in B (including those of the super-interfaces). –Otherwise, AClass remains abstract 68 «interface» A «interface» B AClass operation1() operation2() operation3() operation1() operation2() operation3() interface B extends A { public void operation3(); }

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Variables of an Interface Type 69 Similar to class types, we can also declare variables of an interface type Remember that you cannot instantiate interface types! class AnInterfaceClient { AnInterface aVariableName; //... void someOperation() { aVariableName = new AnInterface(); aVariableName = new ImplClass1(); aVariableName.operation(); } A class using interface types for the declaration of some attribute can be reused, as long as the variables contain objects of a class type that implements the interface. Error OK

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Interfaces and (abstract) Classes Abstract Class define (and implement) common functionality Interface declare a common type, but no shared functionality A class can only extend one class (single inheritance) abusing abstract classes when an interface would be sufficient has important side-effects! Note: Some programming languages allow a class to extend multiple other classes (multiple inheritance). –This often creates naming conflicts, for example if the same method is inherited from two different super classes. –So far, there is no really satisfying implementation for this problem. 70

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Interfaces and (abstract) Classes Single inheritance enforces a single classification scheme on classes. Using interfaces relaxes this situation somewhat: –A GRect can be filled and scaled –A GSquare can be filled but not scaled –A GPoint cannot be filled or scaled 71 interface GFillable { // for fillable objects boolean isFilled(); void setFilled(boolean b); Color getFillColor(); void setFillColor(Color fillColor); } interface GScalable { // for scaling by one or separate factors void scale(double factor); void scale(double scaleX, double scaleY); } class GRect extends GObject implements GFillable, GScalable... class GSquare extends GObject implements GFillable... class GPoint extends GObject...

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Model VII: Using Interfaces We declare an interface GFillable This interface declares the methods for setting and getting the fill state and the fill color Consequence for implementers of GFillable: –The methods have to be implemented locally redundancy –But we can also freely choose the base class flexibility 72 GSquare > GFillable GPoint GRect GObject

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Summary: Modeling Choosing the right super class may not be obvious The choice may also depend on our goals and the context Several of our models were not recommendable –Model I: Point as base class for Rectangle A rectangle is not a point, it only contains (usually two) points –Model II: Concrete class GObject with empty paint() Subclasses are not enforced to implement this method! –Model III: Square extends Rectangle Some of the inherited attributes and methods are superfluous and may cause problems, for example setWidth(double) –Model IV: Rectangle extends Square A rectangle is a generalization, not a specialization, of a square –Model VI: abstract class GFillableObject Conceivable, but limits inheritance 73

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Overriding existing definitions Method overriding occurs when two methods with the same name, same number of parameters and the same parameter types (=the same signature) are defined in different classes, and one class is the superclass of the other. –Synonym for Shadowing, Hiding Why is this useful? –Because the behavior of the inherited types Is close to what we wanted. –Specialization is not only extension… Rectangles and squares inherit the functionality to be painted from a common ancestor, but realize them differently… 75 B M N

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Overriding existing definitions 76 class GRect extends GObject implements...{ // Konstruktor etc... void paint(Graphics g) { Rectangle r = getAWTBounds(); if (isFilled()) { g.setColor(getFillColor()); g.fillRect(r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height); g.setColor(getColor()); } g.drawRect(r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height); } The method paint in GRect uses the methods getColor(), getFillColor() class GStrangeRect extends GRect { // Konstruktor etc. Color getFillColor() { setColor(Color.BLUE); // ! return super.getFillColor(); } We now implement a strange rectangle that redefines some methods What happens here?

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Overriding existing definitions 77 class GStrangeRect extends GRect { //... Color getFillColor () { setColor(Color.BLUE); return super.getFillColor(); } } Old methods are no longer visible outside their new definition! We can use the implementation we have overriden (e.g., the paint operations for the super class) within the new declaration with super Informally: call the version of getFillColor () that is visible in my GRect variant. Technically: execute the first implementation of getFillColor() that you can find along the chain of my ancestors.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 class GStrangeRect extends GRect { // Konstruktor etc. … // Verschiebt sich vor dem Zeichnen void getFillColor() { setColor(Color.BLUE); return super.getFillColor(); } Choosing the correct Called Method When a method OP is called on an object obj of type ObjType, the correct method has to be chosen and executed (method dispatch). In OO languages, methods names are bound dynamically to methods. 79 Attention! What happens when we call paint(g) ?

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 public void run() { // inside FeltBoard (slide 35+) GRect rect = new GRect(100, 50, 100, 100 / PHI); rect.setFilled(true); rect.setColor(Color.RED); add(rect); // indirectly calls paint(g) GStrangeRect rect2 = new GStrangeRect(130,80,100,100/PHI); rect2.setFilled(true); rect2.setColor(Color.RED); add(rect2); // indirectly calls paint(g) } Choosing the correct Called Method 80 Overriding getFillColor() in GStrangeRect leads to strange behavior of paint() in class GStrangeRect – but why?

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Choosing the correct Called Method 81 rect2 Class Each object knows its own class First rule: The search for an implementation for a given operation starts in the class of the receiving object and goes up the inheritance hierarchy, until an implementation was found (or, in dynamically typed languages, until the root of the hierarchy was reached) GRect getFillColor(): Color paint(Graphics): void... GStrangeRect getFillColor(): Color

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Calling paint(Graphics) 82 rect Class GRect getFillColor(): Color paint(Graphics): void... GStrangeRect getFillColor(): Color run() paint(g) if (isFilled) { g.setColor( getFillColor())... Calling rect.paint(g) uses the method paint(g) in GRect Calling getFillColor() again leads to class GRect

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Calling paint(Graphics) 83 rect2 Class GRect getFillColor(): Color paint(Graphics): void... GStrangeRect getFillColor(): Color run() paint(g) if (isFilled) { g.setColor( getFillColor())... setColor(Color.BLUE); return super.getFillColor(); Calling rect2.paint(g) looks for paint(g) in GStrangeRect As the method was not overriden, we use the code found in GRect The class of getFillColor() again goes to the object rect2 This will now use the overriden method and change the color At the end, we will call the method as implemented before using super

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Overriding inherited methods 84 Class GStrangeRect overrides the inherited method getFillColor The method in class GRect remains unchanged The method name getFillColor will not be bound forever to the code found in class GRect! Binding happens dynamically: For method invocations, Java start with the current dynamic type of the object to look for the first fitting implementation Thus, when we call rect2.paint(g)…: For paint(g), we will use the code of class GRect For the method called inside paint, we determine the dynamic type of the object That type is GStrangeRect (since we work on rect2) We now use the first fitting method implementation This again comes from GStrangeRect

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Dynamic Method Binding 85 rect2 Class GRect getFillColor(): Color paint(Graphics): void... GStrangeRect getFillColor(): Color rect Class run() paint(g) Method binding occurs only during the dynamic execution of the program. It depends on the type of object receiving the message.

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Binding super -Invocations 86 rect2 Class GRect getFillColor(): Color paint(Graphics): void... GStrangeRect getFillColor(): Color run() paint(g) if (isFilled) { g.setColor( getFillColor())... setColor(Color.BLUE); return super.getFillColor();

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Binding of this and super Invocations 87 Second Rule: The search for an implemention of super invocations starts in the super class of the class in which the call is placed. Invocations using this use late binding (dynamic) Invocations using super use early binding (static)

Dr. G. Rößling Prof. Dr. M. Mühlhäuser RBG / Telekooperation © Introduction to Computer Science: T13 Summary Classes can inherit, override and extend the functionality of other classes –The main new aspect of OOP –Supports incremental programming reusability Abstract classes support the definition of functional templates reusability Interfaces separate type declarations from implementations Operation names are bound dynamically to implementation code –The type of the recipient determines the method choice –This also applies to invocations using this Invocations to super are bound statically to the next implementation in the inheritance hierarchy 88

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