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Is there any “real” reason multiple inheritance is hated?
I've always liked the idea of having multiple inheritance supported in a language. Most often though it's intentionally forgone, and the supposed "replacement" is interfaces. Interfaces simply do ...
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What is good practice when inheriting static classes isn't possible/allowed
I am developing a project in C# and due to a design decision it is not possible to have a static class inherit another static class. But I have, in my opinion, a case where this would make sense.
I ...
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Refactoring classes with ref to themselves
How can I refactor this code?
class Node
{
public Node Parent { get; set; }
}
class AVLNode
{
public AVLNode Parent { get; set; }
}
I tried to use inheritance, but then I have to use type ...
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How do we know to favour composition over generalisation is always the right choice?
Whether an object physically exists or not, we can choose to model it in different ways. We could arbitarily use generalisation or composition in many cases. However, the GoF principle of "favour ...
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Interface and Inheritance: Best of both worlds?
I 'discovered' interfaces and I started to love them. The beauty of an interface is that it is a contract, and any object that fulfills that contract can be used wherever that interface is required.
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