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Although Java prevents a developer from extending more than one class, a simple trick can be used to simulate multiple inheritance. I have used this technique in both a Swing application and a Web ...
July 19, 2002. Q: Why doesn’t the Java language support multiple inheritance? A: Whenever you find yourself asking why Java has or does not have some feature, consider the design goals behind ...
Twenty-three years ago, in his Design Principles and Design Patterns article, Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin boiled down the Liskov substitution principle to the idea that "derived classes should be ...