Top "Composition" questions

Composition is the process of combining, or composing, parts of a program into a larger program.

Distinguishing between delegation, composition and aggregation (Java OO Design)

I am facing a continuing problem distinguishing delegation, composition and aggregation from each other, and identifying the cases where it's …

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Java - Method name collision in interface implementation

If I have two interfaces , both quite different in their purposes , but with same method signature , how do I make …

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What is composition as it relates to object oriented design?

I hear (and read on this site) a lot about "favour composition over inheritance". But what is Compositon? I understand …

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C++ implicit copy constructor for a class that contains other objects

I know that the compiler sometimes provides a default copy constructor if you don't implement yourself. I am confused about …

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Composing functions in python

I have an array of functions and I'm trying to produce one function which consists of the composition of the …

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Extend JPA entity to add attributes and logic

I need to know if it's possible to add some attributes and behaviours to some POJO JPA entity (using hibernate …

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Composition, Inheritance, and Aggregation in JavaScript

There is a lot of information about composition vs inheritance online, but I haven't found decent examples with JavaScript. Using …

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Haskell function composition

I am reading this tutorial on Haskell. They define function composition as the following: (.) :: (b->c) -> (a-&…

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Haskell composition (.) vs F#'s pipe forward operator (|>)

In F#, use of the the pipe-forward operator, |>, is pretty common. However, in Haskell I've only ever seen function …

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UML association vs. composition and detail level

Actually, make that a couple of amateur UML questions! When creating a UML diagram to model some domain concepts and …

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