Top "Default-method" questions

A default method is a feature introduced in Java 8 which allows an interface to declare a method body.

Java 8 default methods as traits : safe?

Is it a safe practice to use default methods as a poor's man version of traits in Java 8? Some claim …

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Purpose of Default or Defender methods in Java 8

Java 8 has included a new feature called Defender methods which allows creation of default method implementation in interface. Now first …

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Why can we not use default methods in lambda expressions?

I was reading this tutorial on Java 8 where the writer showed the code: interface Formula { double calculate(int a); default …

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default methods in interface but only static final fields

I understand that all fields in an Inteface is implicitly static and final. And this made sense before Java 8. But …

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Why no default clone() in Cloneable in Java 8

Cloneable in Java is inherently broken. Specifically, my biggest problem with the interface is it expects a method behavior that …

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When is an interface with a default method initialized?

While searching through the Java Language Specification to answer this question, I learned that Before a class is initialized, its …

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