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This wiki will explore the age old debate on inheritance vs. delegation, showing the strengths and weakness of each approach, and where each approach is preferred.

Background

Inheritance

Inheritance, one of the fundamental tenets of object oriented programming, is the ability to create hierarchies of that are related to each other via the is-a relationship.

Delegation

Delegation is a