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Can (Java) Interfaces be referred to as APIs? [duplicate]
I am trying to understand what exactly an API is.
From my current understanding, an API (Application Programming Interface) is a contract provided by a software instance, that guarantees a defined ...
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Evolving an interface that is not supposed to be implemented by the client
I'm about to write a Java library. Basically, this library provides something like this to its user:
interface Foo {
void doA();
boolean aWorked();
void doB(int value);
}
The user is not ...
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Why do APIs generally consist of interfaces? [duplicate]
I am starting out in Java API design and in reading existing code bases, I have found that most APIs consist of interfaces only with their implementations bundled in a different package.
Having read ...
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