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Visual Basic® .NET Power Coding
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Visual Basic® .NET Power Coding

by Paul Kimmel
July 2003
Intermediate to advanced
736 pages
16h 35m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Comparing Abstract Classes to Interfaces

Before interfaces existed, abstract classes were used to solve the same kinds of problems interfaces can now solve. How Microsoft elected to invent interfaces when many programmers already used abstract classes is a conversation I was not privy to.

Interestingly enough, abstract classes and interfaces solve similar but orthogonal problems. Abstract classes allow you to define an interface with or without a partial implementation; interfaces do not allow you to provide any implementation. The fact that abstract methods and interface methods have no implementation is where they are identical. Where interfaces and abstract methods are orthogonal is where you will find abstract methods and interface methods. ...

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