Summary
I showed how easy it is to solve this problem by special-casing everything. The solution is straightforward. It allows me to add additional methods without changing what I already have. However, there are several disadvantages to it: high redundancy, low cohesion, and class explosion (from future changes).
The overreliance on inheritance will result in higher maintenance costs than should occur (or at least, than I feel should occur).
Get Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
