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Wednesday, September 10, 2003
The Final Saga
Jeremy Dunck had the following to say on the pragrammatic programmers list: >From: "Jeremy Dunck" >Reply-To: pragprog@yahoogroups.com >To: pragprog@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [pragprog] Whose word is final? >Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:24:52 +0000 > > >From: "Blaine Buxton" > > >From: Ged Byrne > > >In 'Effective Java' Bloch goes to the other extreme. > > > > > > >His argument is that inheritance provides an > > >additional interface to your objects. If you allow > > >somebody to extend your objects in a way that you > > >never imagined, then you are forced to either always > > >support that unintended use for the entire life of the > > >object or upset users of your interface when things > > >change. > > > >I think making your objects all final is going way to far. > > >I have not found the changing > >super class to a problem on any system that I've worked on. Good design > >always makes things easier. > > > >This conversation has been more enlightened than most I've seen on the >topic, but here's an article that might help: > >http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html > >Different strokes... > >I personally, as an in-house developer, -hate- banging my head on sealed >classes. Significant project risk comes from this kind of surprise. > >Also... Regarding using mostly interfaces instead of actual class types in >Java-- sounds like you want a dynamically-typed language. > > -Jeremy Hmmm....You bet I want a dynamic language! I wonder which one I'm thinking of....=) I would have posted my reply, but someone beat me to it. |
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