The reasons for omitting multiple inheritance from the Java language mostly stem from the “simple, object oriented, and familiar” goal. As a simple language, Java’s creators wanted a ...

Java's open inheritance model can feel like an open invitation to unintended extensions. The problem becomes especially poignant when a switch statement or a nesting of if statements assumes that a ...

Hibernate, an Open Source object-relational mapping and persistence framework provides three strategies for entity inheritance. In the first of the series of two articles, we explore a simple ...