"program to interfaces, not implementations"

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Published on 2010-04-23T10:27:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 10:33 UTC
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usually one stumble upon this phrase when reading about design patterns.

but i don't understand it.

could someone explain this for me :)

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"program to interfaces, not implementations"

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