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- //: WorksAnyway.java
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
- // Copyright (c) Bruce Eckel, 1998
- // Source code file from the book "Thinking in Java"
- // All rights reserved EXCEPT as allowed by the
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- /////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- // In special cases, things just seem
- // to work correctly.
- import java.util.*;
-
- class Mouse {
- private int mouseNumber;
- Mouse(int i) {
- mouseNumber = i;
- }
- // Magic method:
- public String toString() {
- return "This is Mouse #" + mouseNumber;
- }
- void print(String msg) {
- if(msg != null) System.out.println(msg);
- System.out.println(
- "Mouse number " + mouseNumber);
- }
- }
-
- class MouseTrap {
- static void caughtYa(Object m) {
- Mouse mouse = (Mouse)m; // Cast from Object
- mouse.print("Caught one!");
- }
- }
-
- public class WorksAnyway {
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- Vector mice = new Vector();
- for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
- mice.addElement(new Mouse(i));
- for(int i = 0; i < mice.size(); i++) {
- // No cast necessary, automatic call
- // to Object.toString():
- System.out.println(
- "Free mouse: " + mice.elementAt(i));
- MouseTrap.caughtYa(mice.elementAt(i));
- }
- }
- } ///:~