DocumentCode
898767
Title
The many faces of inheritance: a taxonomy of taxonomy
Author
Meyer, Bertrand
Author_Institution
Interactive Software Eng., Goleta, CA, USA
Volume
29
Issue
5
fYear
1996
fDate
5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
105
Lastpage
108
Abstract
One of the most important considerations in constructing object-oriented software is the methodology of inheritance: how to use this mechanism well. The paper presents a taxonomy comprising twelve kinds of inheritance usage grouped into three broad categories: model inheritance; software inheritance; and variation inheritance
Keywords
data structures; inheritance; object-oriented programming; inheritance; methodology; model inheritance; object oriented programming; object-oriented software; software inheritance; taxonomy; variation inheritance; Books; Guidelines; Object oriented modeling; Programming; Software engineering; Taxonomy;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/2.494093
Filename
494093
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