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an interface example to help understand API
Authored by: Oliver on Wednesday, April 25 2012 @ 02:20 PM EDT
Interfaces are boundaries. Like most boundaries they have
shape but not substance.

Think about the boundary between air and water on the
surface of the sea. The boundary has the shape of the
waves, but waves are made of water so are part of one side
of the boundary, they aren't the boundary.

There is no bit of space you can point at and say "That bit
of something is the boundary." Similarly there is no bit of
binary you can point at and say "That is the API." It is
either an implementation of the API or a consumer.

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  • Yes! - Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 04:05 AM EDT
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