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The Fragile Base Class Problem and Its Impact on Component Systems

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Object-Oriented Technologys (ECOOP 1997)

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In this paper we study applicability of the code inheritance mechanism to the domain of open component systems in light of so-called fragile base class problem. We propose a system architecture based on disciplined inheritance and present three check lists for component framework designers, component framework developers, and its users.

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  1. Turku Centre for Computer Science, Lemminkäisenkatu 14A, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Leonid Mikhajlov & Emil Sekerinski

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  1. Leonid Mikhajlov
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  1. Department of Computer Science and Business Administration, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, S-372 25, Ronneby, Sweden

    Jan Bosch

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK

    Stuart Mitchell

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Mikhajlov, L., Sekerinski, E. (1998). The Fragile Base Class Problem and Its Impact on Component Systems. In: Bosch, J., Mitchell, S. (eds) Object-Oriented Technologys. ECOOP 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1357. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-69687-3_72

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