Rafael Winterhalter • 5/16/2014

Java 8 default methods can break your (users') code

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This technical article details a specific pitfall of Java 8's default methods in interfaces. It demonstrates, with code examples, how migrating a common adapter class pattern to use default methods can render previously compilable user code uncompilable, especially when users override methods and call super implementations.

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