//: Wind.java // Copyright (c) Bruce Eckel, 1998 // Inheritance & upcasting import java.util.*; class Instrument { public void play() {} static void tune(Instrument i) { // ... i.play(); } } // Wind objects are instruments // because they have the same interface: class Wind extends Instrument { public static void main(String[] args) { Wind flute = new Wind(); Instrument.tune(flute); // Upcasting } }