Question

Hey everyone I’m studying for a midterm exam and I’m studying the sample midterm from a previous semester, the answers are given but I’m trying to figure out how the answers came about. Question and answers below, I understand how he got “zero” but not the rest:

Write the 10-lines output of the program Bird.java shown below.

interface Silly {
   public void narf();
   public void poit(Silly s);
}

public class Bird implements Silly {
public static void main(String args[]) {
     System.out.println("zero");
     Silly s = new SillyBird(1);
     Silly s2 = new Loony();
     s.poit(s2);
     s2.poit(s);
     System.out.println("zymurgy");
   }
   public Bird() {
     this(0);
     System.out.println("zircon");
   }
   public Bird(int i) {
     System.out.println("zanzibar");
   }
   public void narf() {
     System.out.println("zort");
   }
   public void poit(Silly s) {
      s.narf();
   }
}

class SillyBird extends Bird {
   public SillyBird() {
     System.out.println("duchess");
   }
   public SillyBird(int i) {
      super(i);
   }
   public void narf() {
      System.out.println("drum");
      super.narf();
   }
}

class Loony extends SillyBird {
   public Loony() {
      System.out.println("stupendous");
   }
   public void narf() {
     System.out.println("snark");
   }
}

His answers are: zero
zanzibar
zanzibar
zircon
duchess
stupendous
snark
drum
zort
zymurgy

Answer 1

interface Silly {
   public void narf();
   public void poit(Silly s);
}

public class Bird implements Silly {
public static void main(String args[]) {
     System.out.println("zero");   // 1. zero
     Silly s = new SillyBird(1);   // 2. zanzibar
     Silly s2 = new Loony();       // 3. zanzibar zircon duchess stupendous
     s.poit(s2);                   // 4. snark
     s2.poit(s);                   // 5. drum zort
     System.out.println("zymurgy");// 6. zymurgy
   }
   public Bird() {
     this(0);
     System.out.println("zircon");
   }
   public Bird(int i) {
     System.out.println("zanzibar");
   }
   public void narf() {
     System.out.println("zort");
   }
   public void poit(Silly s) {
      s.narf();
   }
}

class SillyBird extends Bird {
   public SillyBird() {
     System.out.println("duchess");
   }
   public SillyBird(int i) {
      super(i);
   }
   public void narf() {
      System.out.println("drum");
      super.narf();
   }
}

class Loony extends SillyBird {
   public Loony() {
      System.out.println("stupendous");
   }
   public void narf() {
     System.out.println("snark");
   }
}

I hope this helps… I think the most important one to understand is number 3 where you have implicit super() calls.