Is this an example of polymorphism?
- by computer-science-student
I'm working on a homework assignment (a project), for which one criterion is that I must make use of polymorphism in a way which noticeably improves the overall quality or functionality of my code.
I made a Hash Table which looks like this:
public class HashTable<E extends Hashable>{
...
}
where Hashable is an interface I made that has a hash() function.
I know that using generics this way improves the quality of my code, since now HashTable can work with pretty much any type I want (instead of just ints or Strings for example). But I'm not sure if it demonstrates polymorphism.
I think it does, because E can be any type that implements Hashable. In other words HashTable is a class which can work with (practically) any type.
But I'm not quite sure - is that polymorphism? Perhaps can I get some clarification as to what exactly polymorphism is?
Thanks in advance!
