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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Q: Refactorizing code because Inheritance and Interfaces
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Michael Erdmann <Michael.Erdmann@snafu.de> wrote:
: Marius Amado Alves wrote:
: 
:> Michael Erdmann <Michael.Erdmann@snafu.de> writes:
:>> In order to line up the implemenation of the XML_Reader with the
:>> Abstract_Reader interface i need to rewrite the complete XML_Reader.
:>> Is there any way to avoid such situations?
:> 
:> Yes. Formal packages. I'm planning a tutorial on this. Also takes care
:> of interfaces.
: 
: What are formal packages? Do you mean generics in some sense?
 
Probably RM
12.7 Formal Packages