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The OP asked about both static methods and default methods on interfaces. The code ecample in the solution refers to default methods, and so it should state so.
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edit approved Sep 3, 2016 at 13:01
Gonen I
edit approved Sep 3, 2016 at 13:01
Gonen I
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A good motivating example for default methods is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't think they could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.

A good motivating example is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't think they could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.

A good motivating example for default methods is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't think they could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.

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soru
soru
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A good motivating example is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't youthink they could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.

A good motivating example is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't you could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.

A good motivating example is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't think they could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.

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soru
soru
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A good motivating example is in the Java standard library, where you now have

list.sort(ordering);

instead of

Collections.sort(list, ordering);

I don't you could have done that otherwise without more than one identical implementation of List.sort.