One of the four pillars of object-oriented programming (OOP), inheritance establishes a "is-a" relationship between objects. For example, a "Cat" object can be treated in code as any other "Animal" object because a "Cat" is-a "Animal".
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Using composition instead of inheritance
I have been using Entity Framework 6, AutoMapper, ASP.NET Web Api and hit a few problems along the way, each time it was recommended that I could change my code from Inheritance to use composition ...
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Generic classes with inheritance/equals/comparison operators
I would like to greatly reduce verbosity of following code fragment.
What I'd like to do:
Reduce number of occurrences of MaterialRangedParam<Value> and ...
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System for registering people
For a small administrative program, I have to be able to register people and their data. But, files are sometimes created through a phone call "on the fly" and then later certain data is added to the ...
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Generic Pickle-Aware Super-Class for Mixing Classes with and without __slots__ in Python
I want a generic super-class that I can easily subclass - and if desired add slots to my class - without having to worry about any pickle issues (with the lowest protocol). Is this in general a good ...
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MultiLevel JavaScript Inheritance
I'm making an experiment on JS, trying to build a framework for OOP. It's called Universe.
The main purpose is to emulate a mini-universe, where classes are "created" with a defined behavior ...
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Implementing sequence abstraction
Below is the code that implements sequence abstraction using type abstraction Sequence (in Java):
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Calling common async code from a derived method
I'm implementing a number of classes in C# that have async methods. However, each of these methods needs to implement some boilerplate code that is common to all. Therefore I've implemented the common ...
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Implement a Shape abstract class
To learn more about OOP, @nhgrif challenged me to implement a Shape abstract class (more details in code remarks below. Here is how I did it. Any and all advice appreciated!
Shape.java
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Strategy Game Menus and OOP
Most of my experience is with Objective-C, so I am relatively new to Java inheritance. I understand that there are concepts such as abstract classes and interfaces, but I am still not totally sure ...
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Decomposing the animal kingdom
I have implemented a Mammal class hierarchy in Java.
Is it an intelligent approach, with respect to decomposition, locality and procedural abstraction?
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A Singleton Base and derived class
I have a base and derived class since I need to have different kinds of concrete classes.
I cannot use the getInstance() function in the base class since I cannot ...
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Creating users with different roles using .Net Identity 2.0 within Entity Framework
I am using .Net Identity 2.0 with Entity Framework 6.0. I have a Person class inheriting IdentityUser. I have a ...
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Dumping fields from Python objects
I am writing a small class that has one method: get_state. It is parameterless and returns a dictionary of all the names in self (look in its dict) that are not ...
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Video Store Rental Application
I'm in the middle of developing a video store rental application for a school project but am starting to question whether I'm going about things in the correct manner. Although the application is ...
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Follow up on CRTP with multi-level hierarchy
I was working on a similar problem to this post, asked a question on the Eigen Mailing List, and Gabriel pointed me to the above post, from which I was able to get my code working again. He further ...
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Generating a zoo of animals
The pattern I've come up here is for the AnimalGenerator itself, outside of the (abstract) Factory Pattern used within it. The factory classes themselves are not ...
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Inheriting methods of an immutable type
In my project, I have a type BalanceByBucket that is an immutable type and has a bunch of methods.
I have another class called a ...
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Emulating class extending
I'm using the following piece of JavaScript to emulate class extending. Is this a valid way to go or does it have some drawbacks which should definitely be fixed?
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Seeking proper system for pairing types
My code below ensures that only land animals can be a "representatives" for Land while only ocean animals can be representatives for ...
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Displaying a list of players and their leagues
My question is mostly directed towards the principles of object-oriented programming.
I have an Android application and one of the activities has a ListView.
In ...
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Design/reiterate or code reuse for linked list
This is what my class hierarchy looks like. I have an abstract superclass, AbstractLinkedMyList, that contains common operations for both sorted and unsorted linked ...
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Possible class redundancy and improper enum usage
I am looking for code correctness and design usage as I think I might be over doing it in the class department.
There are two things I'm mostly concerned with.
The possible redundancy of classes ...
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Implementing Simple and Fast Inheritance in JavaScript
I have been using the John Resig JavaScript class implementation in my web apps, but the tests shows it is really slow. I really find it useful for the way of extending objects, and the benefits got ...
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Multiple inheritance with JavaScript with support of calling of super() methods
I have just finished working on a Node.JS module that provides "multiple inheritance that works". I had some really specific requirements:
Works in safe mode
Auto-calling of parent constructors
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Polymorphic animals speak their name and make a noise
I'm new to GNU Smalltalk. I'd like to port a script I've written in Ruby, Scala, CoffeeScript, and several others. It's the one I use to try to learn the classic OOP concepts of abstract classes, ...
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How can I ensure some structure for classes for a plug-in system written in Python?
I have written a toolkit (hwrt) which has a plugin system. One type of plugin is a feature (see this) for many of them.
There are some restrictions of feature ...
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Testing with multiple input datasets and expectations
I wanted to make 3 test suites where each would run a test class with a specific input. I figured that in order to do this I could:
Make an abstract test suite with all the variable parts (...
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Should I create an abstract runnable? I've 4 sub-classes which perform similar work but only 3 of them have identical constructors
I've added the code for an abstract thread class and 2 sub-classes. The structure and job of the threads (sub-classes) is identical except one difference: ONE of ...
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Using a CRTP approach for loading OpenGL programs
I wanted to try using CRTP (also new for me) to try making the loading of shared resources implicit. (Specifically I'm using it for loading OpenGl shader programs)
This will also help separate some ...
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Implementing binary output to a file in C++11
I would like to have a class which supports outputting bits into a file. This is what I came up with but I fear there are many poor decisions. Should I inherit from a ...
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Setting a common background image on a dozen screens
Is there something as "they have too little in common to use a superclass"?
In my case, doing iOS programming, in a project, every screen has the same background. So I created a superclass which only ...
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Inserting and displaying books
I'm trying to write a program where you can insert and display some books (without using a database).
For doing this, I use three classes:
Book - is the base ...
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Solar System model: Moving Space Balls
I have a model of the solar system that I'm working on at the moment. Now is the time to start cleaning my code up a little.
Here's what I have so far:
A main 'driver' method:
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Custom TextBox control: AppendLine
Is there any way to improve this simple addition to the textbox control: appending a new line?
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Object.extends in JS
I built an easy inheritance implementation for JavScript that works similar to other OO languages and wanted some feedback on it. This works perfectly how I'd like it to, but I've read a lot of ...
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Simple PHP inheritance using an abstract class
I have created simple class inheritance of an abstract class Pet which is basically the skeleton of all other children classes.
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DRYing out some Java code and tests
I am writing some tests that all follow the same pattern, I feel like repeating myself over and over again, how can I reduce the repetition? The (almost) repeating part is in constructor and the class ...
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Layer Stack class to practice std::shared_ptr
The following three source files is to define and test a class StackLayer.
While it was written in a need for scalable layer-based architecture design, it was also ...
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Duplicate code in similar classes where I cannot add more inheritance
I'm building a .NET Linq-esc query builder for my application and I'm wondering about my implementation and code structure when it comes a few classes.
Basically I'm creating a query builder for SQL, ...
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Working with Classes (inheriting), @ properties and Initialization
I'm working on this Objective C programming assignment I found online. I'm not sure if I have met all the requirements, especially part C. Any help or suggestion will be appreciated.
Part 6
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Reusability vs simplicity in a small game with a set of interfaces
I have a small game I'm working on with a set of interfaces:
IHavePosition:
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Generate the Norwegian equivalent to social security numbers - follow-up
First of, here is my previous post.
That should explain a fair bit. The reason I'm posting one more time, is I have changed a lot. Using more classes, let them do all the work, and the overall ...
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Simple JavaScript inheritance
I'd like to know what you think about my implementation of inheritance. It's pretty small and intuitive I think, but I don't know if there are any drawbacks.
I really want to keep it as simple as ...
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Encapsulated text-based RPG using a randomized combat system
For my rags-to-riches submission, I've decided to improve this code:
Text-based RPG game using classes
However, I've decided to start off with something different. The original code is more ...
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Many interfaces and lots of inheritance vs few interfaces and less inheritance? [closed]
I have a Visual Studio Solution which has a bunch of Projects in it. One of these projects is called "Services" and is basically the junction point between all remaining projects. When I built it ...
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Namespace handling on nodejs and inheritance managing
It should solve the following issues:
Handle namespaces;
Be a class factory from Pojos
Be a object factory
Create a class with inheritance capabilities from a POJO using john resig inheritance ...
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When should I actually derive from my interface?
Context:
I am working on an XNA project, and since procedural generation is likely to be used, I wanted to eventually create a helper class to work with data to facilitate that.
Design Goal:
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Using a decorator to apply an inherited method to all child objects of the inherited type
I wanted to share this and get some feedback. My goal was to be able to have an object with methods:
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Cons of declaring derived class type member in another derived class (both of which share the same base class)
I'd like some input on the way I've structured some things in a side-project I'm working on.
I declare an abstract class, CelestialObj, which will contain the ...
