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composition over inheritance

Summary

composition over inheritance is a software design pattern[1]. It draws 391 Wikipedia views per month (software_design_pattern category, ranking #5 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • composition over inheritance's field of work was computer programming[3].
  • composition over inheritance's image is recorded as UML diagram of composition over inheritance.svg[4].
  • composition over inheritance's instance of is recorded as software design pattern[5].
  • object composition is named after composition over inheritance[6].
  • inheritance is named after composition over inheritance[7].
  • composition over inheritance's subclass of is recorded as programming principle[8].
  • composition over inheritance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbzzw8[9].
  • composition over inheritance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 105099762[10].

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Career and Affiliations

composition over inheritance's field of work was computer programming[3].

Why It Matters

composition over inheritance draws 391 Wikipedia views per month (software_design_pattern category, ranking #5 of 27).[2]

Related Entities

computer programming

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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