Embedding & Composition
Go Fundamentals • 10s
Go does not provide the typical, type-driven notion of subclassing, but it does have the ability to “borrow” pieces of an implementation by embedding types within a struct or interface. This module will cover how promotion from embedding works as well how collision and overriding are handled. You will also walk through how to embed types to be able to satisfy a specific interface.
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