What is the difference between a mixin and the decorator pattern?

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Published on 2010-04-06T02:16:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 2:23 UTC
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The Decorator Pattern is dynamic extension-at-runtime of classes. It dynamically forms a is-a relationship.

I started to wonder if I was over-complicating my API by using the Decorator Pattern after I got this answer about the difference between a mixin and an abstract class.

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