SOLID
In object-oriented computer programming, SOLID is a mnemonic acronym for five design principles intended to make software designs more understandable, flexible and maintainable.
Principles
- Single responsibility
- Open–closed
- Liskov substitution
- Interface segregation
- Dependency inversion
- Snippet from Wikipedia: SOLID
In object-oriented computer programming, SOLID is a mnemonic acronym for five design principles intended to make software designs more understandable, flexible, and maintainable. The principles are a subset of many principles promoted by American software engineer and instructor Robert C. Martin, first introduced in his 2000 paper Design Principles and Design Patterns.
The SOLID concepts are
- The Single-responsibility principle: "There should never be more than one reason for a class to change." In other words, every class should have only one responsibility.
- The Open–closed principle: "Software entities ... should be open for extension, but closed for modification."
- The Liskov substitution principle: "Functions that use pointers or references to base classes must be able to use objects of derived classes without knowing it". See also design by contract.
- The Interface segregation principle: "Many client-specific interfaces are better than one general-purpose interface."
- The Dependency inversion principle: "Depend upon abstractions, [not] concretions."
The SOLID acronym was introduced later, around 2004, by Michael Feathers.
Although the SOLID principles apply to any object-oriented design, they can also form a core philosophy for methodologies such as agile development or adaptive software development.