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Can access modifiers be completely replaced with programming to interfaces?
If we program to interfaces various parts of the implementation can be effectively hidden. We can define multiple interfaces for a single implementation and use them as needed, instead of 4 fixed ...
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Why were default and static methods added to interfaces in Java 8 when we already had abstract classes?
In Java 8, interfaces can contain implemented methods, static methods, and the so-called "default" methods (which the implementing classes do not need to override).
In my (probably naive) view, there ...
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