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The three OO reuse mechanisms (inheritance, composition, parameterized types) form a principled decision hierarchy: composition is the validated default (convergently evolved, scalably grounded), parameterized types serve as a complementary compile-time alternative for binding-time-sensitive contexts, and inheritance is bounded to Template Method's principled form (fine-grained override control with five operation kinds) — creating a decision protocol where practitioners start with composition and deviate to inheritance only under Template Method's demonstrated structural constraints.
The three reuse mechanisms are not mere alternatives but form an ordered hierarchy with composition as default and Template Method as the bounded exception
Depends on (SL): three-reuse-mechanisms-composition-default, template-method-principled-inheritance-counterexample