Specialization
noun
say it: “spesh-uh-lih-ZAY-shun” /ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
Giving each derived class only what makes it different from its base class.
What is Specialization?
Specialization — The other direction from generalization: each derived class adds only what makes it different. A Book adds an author and a Magazine adds an issue number, while both inherit title and price from LibraryItem.
In a sentence
- “Through specialization, Ebook adds only a file size to what Book already has.”
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