What, if any, are the differences between implementing one class as a child of another versus having the child employ an instance of the parent?
114147
Inheritance vs. Aggregation
15691
Interface vs Base class
7615
What is the difference between old style and new style classes in Python?
17633
class << self vs self.method with Ruby: what's better?
34204
Difference between class variables and class instance variables?
80591
Difference between type(obj) and obj.__class__
143415
In Python, can you call an instance method of class A, but pass in an instance of class B?
39615
Polymorphism vs Overriding vs Overloading
6194
Difference between class and type
152294
Why wouldn't I use Child.prototype = Parent.Prototype rather than Child.prototype = new Parent(); for Javascript inheritance?
1099
Prefer composition over inheritance?
67378
Method chaining + inheritance don’t play well together?
18286
Why is each public class in a separate file?
85333
How do I call a parent class's method from a child class in Python?
16831
What's the difference between importing and extending a class?
15901
What are access specifiers? Should I inherit with private, protected or public?
79244
Multiple Inheritance in java