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Law of Demeter

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Law of Demeter is a subtopic of 6.7 - The Delegation Pattern 2001-08-30 14:56:26.0
is an instance of rule
means that a method should only access data passed as arguments, linked via associations, or obtained via calls to operations on other neighbouring data in the context of software design
should make incremental development much easier
states only talk to your immediate friends 2001-08-30 14:56:26.0
was formulated by a team from Northeastern University in Boston

Law of Demeter	is a subtopic of 6.7 - The Delegation Pattern
	is an instance of rule
	means that a method should only access data passed as arguments, linked via associations, or obtained via calls to operations on other neighbouring data in the context of software design
	should make incremental development much easier
	states only talk to your immediate friends
	was formulated by a team from Northeastern University in Boston