Object-Oriented Programming and Design · Software Engineering

Class Hierarchies and Inheritance

Design systems using parent and child classes to model real-world relationships and reduce code redundancy.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we design a class hierarchy that is flexible enough for future requirements?
  2. 2What are the dangers of deep inheritance trees in large software projects?
  3. 3How does inheritance promote the principle of DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Programming Concepts and Skills - Grade 11ON: Software Engineering - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: Computer Science
Unit: Object-Oriented Programming and Design
Period: Software Engineering

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