Ada Programming/Keywords/interface

Used to declare an interface. Interfaces are the most important innovation in Ada 2005. The basic semantic has been taken from the interface concept of the Java programming language. Interface inheritance is a reduced form of multiple inheritance.

Interface types
There are various forms of interfaces available:

Normal interface
The normal interface is declared as:

Printable ;

Limited interface
Can be used as interface to limited tagged type.

Printable  ;

Synchronized interface
Printable  ;

All synchronized interfaces are also limited.

Task interface
Can be used as an interface to a task type.

Printable  ;

All task interfaces are also synchronized.

Protected interface
Can be used as an interface to a protected type.

Printable  ;

All protected interfaces are also synchronized.

Wikibook

 * Ada Programming
 * Ada Programming/Keywords
 * Ada Programming/Object Orientation
 * Ada Programming/Multiple Inheritance
 * Ada Programming/Tasking
 * Ada Programming/Pragmas/Interface (obsolescent)

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