Simulating multiple inheritance and generics in Java

Computer Languages

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 189-210

  Thirunarayan, Krishnaprasad ^a,d,e,f   Kniesel, Günter ^b   Hampapuram, Haripriyan ^a,c,g,h  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Intrinsa Corporation   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^g Univ Visweswaraiah Eng College   (India)

^h MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegation; Design patterns; Generics; Java language; Multiple inheritance; Object oriented programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347507830     PISSN: 00960551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-0551(00)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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