Partial implementation of an interface
You can do this by creating an abstract class that implements the interface. Any sub-class of this abstract class will be required to implement any interface methods that were not yet defined.
public abstract class AbstractInterface implements interface1 {
@Override
public String getVar1() {
}
@Override
public void method1() {
}
}
public class Implementation extends AbstractInterface {
@Override
public void method2() {
}
}
See: Java tutorial on abstract classes.
You can create an abstract class which does not implement method2()
public abstract class AbstractImplementation implements interface1 {
public String getVar1() {
// implementation ..
}
public void method1() {
// implementation ..
}
// skip method2
}
Then create multiple implementations:
public class Implementation1 extends AbstractImplementation {
public void method2() {
// implementation 1
}
}
public class Implementation2 extends AbstractImplementation {
public void method2() {
// implementation 2
}
}
...