Flex your new polymorphic muscles by implementing a class hierarchy that describes the relationship between doctors, surgeons, and general practitioners. Then, override their methods.
- [Narrator] If you'd like to try exercising … your powers of polymorphism, here's a suggested exercise. … This UML describes the relationships between a doctor, … a general practitioner, and a surgeon, … and as you can see, there's a parent/child class … between doctor and general practitioner … and also between doctor and surgeon. … We can also say that general practitioner … is a doctor and surgeon is a doctor. … So when you go to implement this, … you're going to want to override the doMedicine method … because a general practitioner does medicine … differently to a surgeon. … A surgeon performs surgery. … A general practitioner makes house calls. … Good luck! … …
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- What is an object in Java?
- Building Java classes
- Retrieving and updating variables with getters and setters
- Using the static keyword
- Understanding inheritance
- Diagramming code with UML
- Implementing polymorphism
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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1. The World of Objects
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What is an object in Java?1m 13s
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Prerequisites21s
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Exercise files1m 44s
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2. Inside Classes
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The anatomy of a class1m 48s
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The mighty constructor2m 34s
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Construct a duck3m 18s
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3. Getters and Setters
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Using setters3m 13s
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Testing with JUnit2m 16s
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4. Static
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What is static?1m 26s
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Static runs a marathon5m 58s
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Exercise: Static1m 29s
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5. Inheritance
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The mother of all objects1m 35s
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6. UML
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Drawing with UML2m 44s
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7. Polymorphism
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What is polymorphism?1m 24s
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Polymorphism in action2m 11s
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The purpose of polymorphism1m 17s
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Implements vs. extends1m 59s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 30s
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