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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Loading items from XML document
I'm making a game in Unity and I need to have a inventory/item system, I decided to store my items in simple XML document which I later read from. I'm planning to have different varieties of items and ...
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Try again, and again, and again… but not too often because the potatoes won't grow
The delay sequence has been fixed so I can move to the next step which are the Retry and Breaker.
(Just ignore the console ...
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Growing potatoes in delayed sequences
In order to grow potatoes I'm implementing the retry pattern. If I fail to grow them, I'd like to try it again later. The first part I've implemented is a collection of delay generators.
Their base ...
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Print Professor and Student Object using Inheritance in C++
I'm a newbie in C++ (6 hours) and I have implemented this problem in C++ . I know this is a simple example but how can this be improved? Syntax wise or shortened code wise?
Here is the question from ...
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Structure of inheritance between Animal classes and methods
I'm trying to do some basic inheritance between the 3 classes and use some simple methods, and I'm looking to learn what should be the correct structure between them and what can be improved.
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Very complicated Java HelloWorld app
This program attempts to shows the basic concepts of inheritance and polymorphism. In what ways could the code be modified to better demonstrate those concepts? The interface, abstract class and the ...
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Validation of a couple of model classes using FluentValidator
A couple of model classes are doing the validation using FluentValidator. These model classes are used to Add and Edit the branch data and they are working well but ...
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AngularJS factory for Angular material $md-Toast notifications
If you are writing an Angular 1.5 App and incorporating elements of Angular-Material you can use this factory to create many customizable toasts with $mdToast ...
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Map object types using custom converter
I'm trying to design a mapper that will convert one object type to another shown in the diagram below:
The object has structure as follows (it's not a JSON):
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Multilingual command handler using inheritance
My problem is that you have a lot of ifconditions to be checked and inside that if condition you have multiple lines of code. I ...
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Is it ok to change implementation of parent function with child data?
I was wondering is it OK to change implementation of parent class with child class data. I have situation of creating a child class (form) which extends the parent class (other form with same elements)...
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Swift inheritance versus composition
Say I'm using Parse Server and utilising the PFObject class from the iOS SDK. Say I want to have a Chat class.
To use inheritance code (design 1):
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Emulating super() in Python 3.x using Python 2.7
Depending on the name of the first argument, self.__sup or cls.__sup behaves like super() in ...
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AWS Redshift wrapper class that automates similar types of loads from S3
I have a AWS Redshift wrapper class that automates similar types of loads from S3 for me, and I have recently adapted it to work for Spark jobs, which don't require a manifest, and instead need a ...
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Extending functionality of org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DefaultFieldSet
I would like to be able to set token values (defaultFieldSet.tokens) and names (defaultFieldSet.names) on ...
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Spell and cooldown system for an Unity game
So I have doubts about my code and if it is any good. I have a parent class Spell:
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Refactoring ValidationContext from inheritance into decorator
In one of my questions I used a ValidationContext class that looked like this:
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Pizza Delivery System
I have made this code as my summers vacation project in Turbo C++ (I know its old and outdated, but that's what they teach us in our school).
The code allows users to order different pizzas and even ...
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Document (PDF, TXT, DOCX) to text classes
I wrote some classes to convert some documents (PDF, DOC, DOCX and TXT) to only text so that it can be stored in a search engine.
Here's how I use those classes :
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Code Smell in Unit Testing Serialized Classes
I can feel that something is wrong with my code. Here's an excerpt where I think the code smell is...
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Class property holds data from database
I have a class, it has two properties:
var fruitsPackId: Int
var fruitsPackContent: Array<Fruit>?
Once the class is ...
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Draggable toolbar header class, inheriting from a draggable parent class
I have written a draggable parent class using a module pattern:
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Parsing a string containing arithmetic operations in prefix notation
This is a piece from the complete program.
What it does is parses mathematical expressions of the form (+(*3,x),5) to 3*x + 5 ...
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JavaScript inheritance with super calls and mixins
I needed JavaScript inheritance that offered calling of overridden methods (super calls).
Furthermore I needed a possibiliy to add behaviour to instances (mixins).
Mixins should not only be full ...
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Idiomatic abstract inheritance with Go
I am currently discovering Golang, and I try to implement some random variable generation functions similar to R functions.
To avoid code repetition, I'd like to use inheritance, which is quite ...
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Class inheritance testing
I'm just messing around with class inheritance. I originally had a separate goal in mind but I ended up here, and my new goal was to have a parent that was completely ignorant of it's self, i.e. no ...
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File processor for text and HTML
I recently took a test. One of the questions was to find problems in the following code and suggest refactoring which can provide adding new formats of data:
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Recorder for keyboard and mouse events
I'm building an event recorder. So far the code looks clean, but I feel like I'm missing something that can make this code even better.
Is composition a better solution? If yes, how can I do it ...
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Shape inheritance hierarchy
I have managed to build an inheritance hierarchy for shape class object and I am wondering if there is a better solution to combine the following 2 hierarchies.
To begin, I have a 4 shapes classes ...
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Swing GUI in Java
I'm learning Java at the moment and I'm currently trying to make a GUI using Swing. I've done some reading and people usually prefer and advice to use composition instead of inheritance of e.g. ...
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Extending the functionality of lxml.etree
I wrote a class to slightly customize the behavior of lxml.etree.ElementTree and I use it quite extensively. It works great, but there are a few methods that I'm ...
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Object-oriented web scraping with Python
I usually write function-only Python programs, but have decided on an OOP approach (my first thereof) for my current program, a web-scraper. Here is the working code I wrote which I am looking to have ...
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Restricting types not related through inheritance without using instanceOf by creating own class hierarchy
Restricting types not related through inheritance without using instanceOf by creating own class hierarchy. It needs to interact with a key value data store, will ...
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Reusable REST service class for Angular2 in TypeScript
I am creating an Angular 2 web application using TypeScript. This application performs REST requests to a REST "service". For each REST resource in my service I create a separate "Service" class in ...
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Mortgage calculator in JavaScript
I'm learning JavaScript and decided to build this mortgage calculator as a starting point. For the most part it was reasonably straightforward, but when I implemented the graphs using D3 I found ...
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Follow up - Creating Inheritance hierarchy using function constructor
In continuation with this question,
Animal class has four fields:
name
sound
<...
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Creating Inheritance hierarchy using function constructor
Problem statement
You need to create the Animal base class having four fields:
a. name
b. ...
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Logic Gate Simulator - Proper Encapsulation
So I was checking out the courses on InteractivePython, and I came across this example to demonstrate inheritance.
My focus is on the Connector class and how it ...
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Adding new articles
Following is a working program to add new articles. The only thing I want is to check if there is any way to write it in a better way, or if the architecture is good as it is.
Maybe I did not have to ...
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Polymorphically processing 2 & 3 dimensional objects
It seems there are a lot of "empty containers" (I do not know the correct, technical term) with regards to multiple levels of abstract classes and functional interfaces with little or no code. Is ...
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Creating n-dimensional mathematical vector classes through inheritance
Right now I have no knowledge of templates, but I just finished learning about inheritance, and wanted to apply it to a Vector3 class that I had already created. My ...
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Sorting polymorphic classes
I'm learning from "Jumping into C++" by Alex Allain (sample chapter and TOC) and solved the first problem in Chapter 26 "Inheritance and Polymorphism".
I'm especially concerned about my use of ...
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An attempt at inheritance (Geometric Shapes)
I'm reading through the chapter on inheritance from C++ Primer 5th Edition. It asks
Organize the following type into an inheritance hierarchy:
(b) Geometric primitives (such as box, circle, ...
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Grids, Cells, and Inheritance
I want to build a grid and I have 2 concepts: Grid which is consist of Cell.
Grid class is:
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Creature generator
Originally posted this here, and it was helpfully suggested to post in this forum.
In the past couple of years I've returned part time to programming after a 15 year gap. I was C/UNIX. So, I've ...
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Java - Something similar to Abstract Factory?
I have many repositories stored in a map. User chooses some of them and then a downloading begins. Repository may be one of 4 types (see code below).
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Reuse a base class [Activity] handler in all sub classes for background work
We are using the Thread of a common base class but using its handler in all its sub classes. The code is working fine but is it the right way to go about?
Our base class looks like this:
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The rounded box that wanted to be an arc
This is from Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ Programming: Principles and Practice, Chapter 13 Exercise 2:
Draw a box with rounded corners. Define a class Box, consisting ...
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Music collection with lyric songs and instrumental pieces
I have problems with dealing with derived classes that inherit from the same base class.
I have 2 types of songs:
Songs with lyrics that have: Title, Tags (sad, happy etc.), lyrics (one line), ...
