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"Is -A" relationship
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Rob Michaelson
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What is the �Is-A� relationship?
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chi Lin
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Rob,
"is-A" relationship used on inheritance to describe parent/child realtionship.
eg :
Occupation class as parent class,
Programmer, CabDriver being child class of Occupation.
in Java we say
Programmer extends Occupation
CabDriver extends Occupation
we then decribe the relationship like :
Programmer is-A Occupation
CabDriver is-A Occupation
[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: chi Lin ]
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not so smart guy still curious to learn new stuff every now and then
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Rob Michaelson
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That is great - Thank You!!
R
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Stan James
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Is-A is a helpful way to hunt for opportunities for inheritance, but it is not the only way and it is not always right and inheritance is not the only way to "be" something else. So if you see something in the real world that "is a" something else but inheritance makes no sense in code, listen to the code.
When using inheritance, you should also be aware of the Liskov Substitution Principle. Do a Google search for papers and see how it complicates the simple "Is-A" some times.
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