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The Object-Oriented Thought Process, 5th Edition
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The Object-Oriented Thought Process, 5th Edition

by Matt Weisfeld
April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
7h 27m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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7. Mastering Inheritance and Composition

Inheritance and composition play major roles in the design of object-oriented (OO) systems. In fact, many of the most difficult and interesting design decisions come down to deciding between inheritance and composition.

These decisions have become much more interesting over the years as object-oriented design practices have evolved. Perhaps one of the most interesting debates revolves around inheritance. Although inheritance is one of the fundamental constructs of object-oriented development (a language must support inheritance to be considered object-oriented), some developers are even turning away from inheritance by implementing designs solely with composition.

It is common to use interface inheritance ...

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