subtyping

English

Verb

subtyping

1. present participle and gerund of subtype

Noun

subtyping (countable and uncountable, plural subtypings)

1. A division into subtypes.
2. (programming) A form of type polymorphism in which an instance of a subtype can be used anywhere the supertype could be used, without changing the code.

Synonyms

• subtype polymorphism

Hyponyms

• behavioral subtyping

See also

• Liskov substitution principle

References

• subtyping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia