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13. Type and Interface Composition

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I explain how types are combined to create new features. Go doesn’t use inheritance, which you may be familiar with in other languages and instead relies on an approach known as composition. This can be difficult to understand, so this chapter describes some features covered in earlier chapters to set a solid foundation on which to explain the composition process. Table 13-1 puts type and interface composition in context.

Table 13-1

Putting Type and Interface Composition in Context

Question	Answer
What is it?	Composition ...