Instantiating interfaces in Java

Question

I have this interface:

public interface Animal {
    public void Eat(String name);
}

And this code here implements the interface:

Answer 1

No it is not - you are instantiating a Dog, but since a Dog is an Animal, you can declare the variable to be an Animal. If you try to instantiate the interface Animal it would be:

Animal baby2 = new Animal();

Try that, and watch the compiler scream in horror :)

Answer 2

Here it is just referencing to the interface but instantiation is done by the class only. for e.g

Animanl a = new Dog Animal a - variable is referenced new Dog - now Memory is allocated