Abstract method with variable list of arguments

Question

I haven\'t quite found an elegant way to solve this issue. I have an abstract class that several other classes are inheriting with an abstract method that can contain anywhere f

Answer 1

The best approach I can think of is to group the items according to the behavior of their use() method.

Example

public abstract class QueueableItem {
    public abstract void use(String, Queue);
}

public abstract class OrdinaryItem{
    public abstract void use(String);
}

If the grouped items share a common behavior (common as in same method signature & return value), you can define and extend a parent class that will contain the definition of this common behavior.