Why "prefer composition over inheritance"?

February 21, 2024

• https://veerpalbrar.github.io/blog/2021/06/30/Inheritance-vs-Composition
• choosing “composition over inheritance”, means adding behavior to an object by composing objects instead of using inheritance
• inheritance
  • dependency
  • backwards compatability
  • have to constatly modify child class and override parent functionality
• composition
  • small classes with clear responsibilities
  • complexity arises with complex classes delegating tasks, and when classes know too much about the implementation of other classes