"has a" "is a" relationships doubt

[sri devij]

Which two demonstrate a "has a" relationship? (Choose two.)
A.public interface Person{ }public class Employee extends Person{ }
B.public interface Shape{ }public interface Rectangle extends Shape{ }
C.public interface Colorable{ }public class Shape implements Colorable{ }
D.public class Species{ }public class Animal{private Species species;}
E.interface Component{ }class Container implements Component{ private Component[] children;}
I guessed the ans for the above q is D&E.Is it right?Can anyone clear me about this
Thanx in advance
-shree

[Anonymous]

Hi Sri,
The has-a relationship is an containing association, i.e. object containing other objects. For example and to take the example Q, a Animal has a species, or a GUI component has children.
An association is implemented in Java using an attribute. When the association is a one-to-one association (multiplicity = 1), the attibute is a single reference to the object. When there is a one-to-many relationship (multiplicity > 1), you must use an array or any collection.
It is opposed to a is-a relationship implemented in Java by subclassing (extends).
Regards,
Beno�t

[SHALINI PATEL]

Benoit is right..
Has a relationship denotes aggregation and
is a relationship denotes inheritance.
Hope this helps.

[greg clarke]

shree
This question puzzled me when I first saw it because I hadn't seen an explanation of "is a" versus "has a" quite so much in terms of sub-classing and implementing. The indication that exactly 2 options are correct was a help though.
It now makes more sense to me if I translate "extends" to "is a" and member variables to "has a". Implements is also (a weaker?) "is a".
So, perhaps simplistically, the following seems a reasonable translation:

[A] An employee is a person.
[B] A rectangle is a shape.
[C] A shape is (a) colorable (thing). (Or: A shape is colorable.)
[D] An animal is not a species, but an animal has or belongs to a species.
[E] An AWT Container actually is a Component, but it has components.

If, like me, you wondered where the answers are shown for the Sun sample questions, then take a look here:[url]http://suned.sun.com/USA/certification/progsqwa.html[/ur] The answer given there is D and E.

[Paul Anilprem]

This post might help you...
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/004960.html
-Paul.
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