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composition

Building an object out of other objects instead of inheriting.

Composition gives a type fields that reference collaborating objects, delegating work to them, as an alternative to inheritance.

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Examples

  • A Car that has an Engine field, instead of a Car that inherits from Engine.

See also

inheritance fragile base class
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