AnyLogic allows the user to add Java interfaces to a model.

Please refer to Interfaces section of Java online tutorials for more information on Java interfaces.

To add a Java interface

1. In the Projects view, right-click (macOS: Ctrl + click) the model item you are currently working with, and choose New > Java Interface… from the popup menu.
2. The New Java Interface dialog box is displayed.

   

3. Specify the name of the new Java interface in the Name field and click Finish to complete the process.
4. You will see Java editor opened prompting you to write Java code for the just defined interface.

   

To use an interface, you write a class that implements the interface. When an instantiable class implements an interface, it provides a method body for each of the methods declared in the interface.

To make agent class implementing an interface

1. Select the agent type in the Projects view.
2. In the Advanced Java section of the Properties view, type the interface name in the Implements (comma-separated list of interfaces) field.

To make Java class implementing an interface

1. Double-click the Java class in the Projects view to open its code in the Java editor.
2. Complete the first code line containing the class name with the string implements <interface name>:

   public class MyClass implements Animatable
   { ...

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