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Gaston C. Hillar
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Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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Declaring a protocol to be used as a constraint


We will create an AnimalProtocol protocol to specify the requirements that a type must meet in order to be considered an animal. Then, we will create an Animal base class that conforms to this protocol, and then, we will specialize this class in three subclasses: Dog, Frog, and Lion. Then, we will create a Party class that will be able to work with instances of any class that conforms to the AnimalProtocol protocol through generics. We will work with a party of dogs, one of frogs, and another of lions.

Then, we will create a DeeJayProtocol protocol and generate a HorseDeeJay class that conforms to this new protocol. We will create a subclass of the Party class named PartyWithDeeJay that will use generics to work with instances of any type that conforms to the AnimalProtoocol protocol and instances of any type that conforms to the DeeJaypProtocol interface. We will work with a party of dogs with a DJ.

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In this case, we will use the Protocol...

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Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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