Section 5.1. Introduction to the Inheritance Relationship
Section 5.2. Overriding Base Class Methods in Derived Classes
Section 5.3. The Use of the Protected Section of a Base Class
Section 5.4. The Width and Depth of Inheritance Hierarchies
Section 5.5. Private, Protected, and Public Inheritance à la C+ +
Section 5.6. A Real-World Example of Specialization
Section 5.7. Heuristics That Trade Off Design Complexity and Flexibility
Section 5.8. A Real-World Example of Generalization
Section 5.9. The Mechanism of Polymorphism
Section 5.10. A Problem with the Use of Inheritance as a Reusability Mechanism
Section 5.11. An Inheritance Solution to an Interrupt-Driven Architecture
Section 5.12. Inheritance Hierarchies Versus Attributes
Section 5.13. The Confusion of the Need for Inheritance Versus an Object's Dynamic Semantics
Section 5.14. Using Inheritance to Hide the Representation of a Class
Section 5.15. Mistaking Objects for Derived Classes
Section 5.16. Mistaking Object Generalization for the Need to Build Classes at Runtime
Section 5.17. The Attempt to NOP a Base Class Method in Its Derived Class(es)
Section 5.18. The Implementation of Optional Parts of Objects
Section 5.19. A Problem with No Optimal Solution
Section 5.20. Reusing Components Versus Reusing Frameworks
Glossary
Summary of Heuristics
