Timeline for Are abstract classes / methods obsolete?
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| Dec 20, 2011 at 21:11 | comment | added | Bill K | Umm, the additional "Lot of work" you mentioned is that you created an interface and had the classes implement it--does that really seem like a lot of work? On top of that, of course, the interface gives you the ability to implement the interface from a new hierarchy which wouldn't work with an abstract base class. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 17:25 | comment | added | Sjoerd | Not to mention that if the class doesn't inherit the interface (which was not mentioned it should), you have to write forwarding functions in some languages. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 15:49 | history | answered | gbjbaanb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |