#a small question regarding inheritance

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gray birchBOT
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<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

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So i have this interface with has alot of methods ```public interface CustomSkyblockItem {``` then a class that implements it ```public class DarkClaymore implements CustomSkyblockItem {``` my question is how to take any class that is a implementation of C

ents CustomSkyblockItem {```

Now, I want to create another class that extends DarkClaymore, but I am getting an error saying that Java does not support multiple inheritance. How can I work around this?

One way to work around this limitation in Java is to use composition instead of inheritance. In your case, you can create a new class that contains an instance of DarkClaymore as a field and delegates calls to it. Here's an example:

public class EnhancedDarkClaymore implements CustomSkyblockItem {
    private DarkClaymore darkClaymore = new DarkClaymore();

    // Implement all the methods of CustomSkyblockItem by delegating them to darkClaymore
    // For example:
    @Override
    public void useItem() {
        darkClaymore.useItem();
        // Add any additional logic here
    }
}

By using composition, you can achieve code reusability and flexibility without running into the limitation of multiple inheritance in Java. You can then use EnhancedDarkClaymore wherever you need a class that has the functionalities of both CustomSkyblockItem and DarkClaymore.

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fervent heron
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hmm good idea but any other way?

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anyone

north jay
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You are looking to delegate method calls to SkyblockItem, to the passed in CustomSkyblockItem?

fervent heron
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i dont understand the term delegate too clearly

north jay
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You want to use a single DarkClaymore in multiple SkyblockItems?

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How are you using SkyblockItem.

fervent heron
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i will show u a part of it

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basically

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There will be multiple items so to make the proccess easy i created the interface CustomSkyblockItem

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darkclaymore is a item.

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So i want to get the method calls from dark claymore and pass them to SkyblockItem

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but instead of darkclaymore it can be any class that implements customskyblockitem

north jay
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What is an example of using SkyblockItem? Show a method of SkyblockItem that you would call from somewhere else that you want to return aspects of CustomSkyblockItem.

fervent heron
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i just want the methods like
.getStats()
.getName()
from a class that implements customskyblockitem

north jay
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So you can store that CustomSkyblockItem and just make a call to whatever method matches.

fervent heron
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yeah ig

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do u want to see the interface and the class once?

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so there will be many classes like DarkClaymore each having different name material etc..

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but i want to just pass the class in the SkyblockItem class and be able to use its methods like getName

north jay
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/// method in SkyblockItem
public Material getMaterial(){
    return customSkyblockItem.getMaterial();
}
fervent heron
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hmm i think u understood it wrong

tight obsidian
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you need to pass in some kind of value

fervent heron
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Basically there will be like more than 500 classes each having different return values of the methods inherited from CustomSkyblockItem interface...
Lets calll 1 of that class DarkClaymore

Now for using it in skyblockitem class currently you need to make a new instance of the darkclaymore then you can use the methods..

I just want to pass the class it self and use the methods.

tight obsidian
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whether you create a new instance (object value) or re-use one is up to you

fervent heron
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so i just make new instance on start?

north jay
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Unless SkyblockItem implements an interface with those methods...

tight obsidian
fervent heron
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i guess i will do that then

tight obsidian
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create 1 object at the start, pass that same object in each time

fervent heron
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alr

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thanks

north jay
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That's more or less just a copy constructor if you plan to mutate its state.