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Extending the Object class

Extending the Object class

Question:
I’ve created a method I’d like to put in the Object class so it can be inherited by all the other classes. Is there a way to extend a base class?

Answer:
Adding features to someone else’s base class would violate the securityrules of any object-oriented language, because you could then redefine anexisting method and break all of the classes deriving from this class.

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