Delegation: Forces (Cont.)

• Declaring a problem domain class as a subclass of a utility class is bad:

  • If you declare a class as a subclass of vector, you run the risk of vector changing in an incompatible way.
  • Client classes may assume the superclass
  • Client classes can call the public methods of the utility superclass, which defeats its encapsulation.

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