RE: [platform-swt-dev] Inheritance and SWT

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RE: [platform-swt-dev] Inheritance and SWT

From: Dave Orme <DaveO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:22:51 -0600
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Title: RE: [platform-swt-dev] Inheritance and SWT

> >>>>>> Why is it impossible resp. only possible from within swt
> implementation to extend classes like Text or Button. Could
> >>>>>> anyone explain the reasons for these restrictions?

FWIW: I've found that variations on the Decorator pattern (where the Decorator hooks events in the Decorated SWT object) can handle most things one would normally want to do with inheritance.

Dave

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