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Thinking in Java Fourth Edition Bruce Eckel Chapter 8 Exercise 1

Exercise 1: Modify Exercise 9 in the previous chapter so that Rodent is an abstract class. Make the methods of Rodent abstract whenever possible

Solution:

package interfaces.rodent;

import java.util.*;

public class RandomRodentGenerator1 {
    private Random rand = new Random();

    public Rodent next() {
        switch (rand.nextInt(3)) {
        default:
        case 0:
            return new Mouse();
        case 1:
            return new Rat();
        case 2:
            return new Squirrel();
        }
    }
}
package interfaces.rodent;

abstract class Rodent {
    private String name = "Rodent";

    abstract protected void eat();

    abstract protected void run();

    abstract protected void sleep();

    abstract public String toString();
}

class Mouse extends Rodent {
    private String name = "Mouse";

    protected void eat() {
        System.out.println("Mouse.eat()");
    }

    protected void run() {
        System.out.println("Mouse.run()");
    }

    protected void sleep() {
        System.out.println("Mouse.sleep()");
    }

    public String toString() {
        return name;
    }
}

class Rat extends Rodent {
    private String name = "Rat";

    protected void eat() {
        System.out.println("Rat.eat()");
    }

    protected void run() {
        System.out.println("Rat.run()");
    }

    protected void sleep() {
        System.out.println("Rat.sleep()");
    }

    public String toString() {
        return name;
    }
}

class Squirrel extends Rodent {
    private String name = "Squirrel";

    protected void eat() {
        System.out.println("Squirrel.eat()");
    }

    protected void run() {
        System.out.println("Squirrel.run()");
    }

    protected void sleep() {
        System.out.println("Squirrel.sleep()");
    }

    public String toString() {
        return name;
    }
}

public class Rodent1 {
    private static RandomRodentGenerator1 gen = new RandomRodentGenerator1();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Error: cannot instantiate abstract class:
        // Rodent x = new Rodent();
        // But OK to create array to be downcast to derived objects:
        Rodent[] rodents = new Rodent[10];
        for (Rodent r : rodents) {
            r = gen.next();
            System.out.println(r + ": ");
            r.eat();
            r.run();
            r.sleep();
        }
    }
}

Output: