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Initially I was going to ask "Should every class be declared either final or abstract?"

Michał Tatarynowicz
– Michał Tatarynowicz

2009-02-08 20:38:43 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2009 at 20:38
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I'd definitely say no to that one. :)

chaos
– chaos

2009-02-08 20:44:03 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2009 at 20:44
Can you make an argument against it?

Michał Tatarynowicz
– Michał Tatarynowicz

2009-02-08 20:46:58 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2009 at 20:46
Sure. Let's say your DAL or ORM has a Row class that the application developer can extend to layer on table-specific functionality, but need not -- Row by itself will work fine for general purposes. Declaring it abstract and forcing subclassing is just annoying and pedantic.

chaos
– chaos

2009-02-08 20:53:42 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2009 at 20:53

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