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blank_sam
blank_sam

Reputation: 25

Scala trait or concrete class

So I get what we can do with traits but in what cases should we prefer their use to a concrete class ? I was told to use traits everywhere I can and when I need to instanciate something use a regular class.

Edit : I am actually asking about when to use a trait insted of a concrete class not an abstract one

Upvotes: 0

Views: 184

Answers (1)

mfirry
mfirry

Reputation: 3692

As it's often the case, there is no single rule, but I personally found useful a general suggestion give in Odersky/Spoon/Venners book "Programming in Scala".

It says if the behaviour will not be reused in other unrelated classes, use a concrete class. On the other hand, if you think you'll reuse that behaviour somewhere else in unrelated places, make it a trait.

Upvotes: 1

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