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When should you consider composition over inheritance?
Track: Java
Topic: OOP
Focus: Inheritance Basics
Java: Inheritance Basics
Answer
When flexibility and decoupling are needed.
Composition involves building complex types by combining objects, offering more flexibility than inheritance. Use it when a class should have, rather than be, another type. For example, instead of `Car` extending `Engine`, `Car` could have an instance of `Engine`, allowing for changing engines without altering the `Car` class structure.
Composition involves building complex types by combining objects, offering more flexibility than inheritance. Use it when a class should have, rather than be, another type. For example, instead of `Car` extending `Engine`, `Car` could have an instance of `Engine`, allowing for changing engines without altering the `Car` class structure.
Topics: Inheritance Basics Java OOP