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From: Tris Orendorff
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:01

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"Darryl L. Pierce" <mcpierce@databasix.com> wrote in
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> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:56:34 -0400, Tristan Reeves wrote:
> 
>> Nothing in particular, it's a general observation related to custom
>> interfaces:
>> 
>> interface Intf1{
>>     public void X();
>> }
>> 
>> interface Intf2{
>>     public void X();
>> }
>> 
>> class MyClass implements Intf1, Intf2{
>>     ????
>> }
> 
> What's the problem with the above? In true multiple inheritance, where
> you're inheriting multiple _implementations_, the diamond-of-death
> occurs where you're not sure which _inherited_ implementation to
> invoke first, or whether it's desirable to invoke one first. With
> Java, you have multiple inheritance on at the _interface_ level, which
> alleviates the diamond-of-death problem: you only have one inherited
> implementation on 

I'm sorry.  What exactly is the "the diamond-of-death?"


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