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From: Michael Erdmann <Michael.Erdmann@snafu.de>
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Subject: Re: Q: Refactorizing code because Inheritance and Interfaces
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:50:38 +0200
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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?

Michael