Re: Template method pattern in Java ???

From: Avner Ben (avner_at_skilldesign.com)
Date: 02/17/04

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    David Roden wrote:

    > Robert C. Martin wrote:
    >
    >
    >>[...] I like being able to declare a private pure
    >>virtual function. What is says to me is that nobody but the base
    >>should call it.
    >
    >
    > Then why do you want to declare it in an interface?

    I agree with you.

    Robert Martin is apparently on a methodical collision course here. If he
    says that he knows what the method is doing (i.e. invoking another
    method), then he is practically confessing that it is not an interface!

    Please, correct my reasoning if it is wrong!

            Avner.

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