Interfaces

[Vanitha Sugumaran]

Hi,
Why do we need interfaces? Anyway, the class which implements an interface has to declare the methods again.
Vanitha

[Thomas Paul]

Standardization of methods across multiple classes that perform the similar functions. JDBC and JMS are excellent examples of why interfaces are so important.
This topic has been discussed here many times... try the search facility. Or go to http://www.bruceeckel.com and read the chapter on abstract classes and interfaces in "Thinking in Java".

[Thomas Paul]

Take a look at this: http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum34/HTML/000791.html