Can an interface method have a body?

Question

I know that an interface is like a 100% pure abstract class. So, it can\'t have method implementation in it. But, I saw a strange code. Can anyone explain it?

Answer 1

For java version 7 or below, similar functionally you can achieve using nested class declared within interface body. and this nested class implements outer interface.

Example:

interface I1{
    public void doSmth();

    class DefaultRealizationClass implements  I1{

        @Override
        public void doSmth() {
           System.out.println("default realization");
        }
    }
}

How do we use it in our code?

class MyClass implements I1{

    @Override
    public void doSmth() {
         new I1.DefaultRealizationClass().doSmth();
    }   
}

Therefore default implementation encapsulated within interface.