Mixin
/ˈmɪksɪn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An uninstantiable class that provides functionality to be inherited by a subclass.
"Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't."
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More examples"Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't."
Etymology
From mix + in.