implicit interface implementation

[/ɪmˈplɪsɪt ˈɪntərfeɪs ɪmpləmenˈteɪʃən/]
nounpl: implicit interface implementations
implementação implícita de interface
1. A programming technique where a type implements an interface without explicitly declaring the relationship, achieved by implementing all required methods with matching signatures
In Go, implicit interface implementation allows any type that has the required methods to satisfy an interface without explicitly stating it implements that interface.
Em Go, a implementação implícita de interface permite que qualquer tipo que possua os métodos necessários satisfaça uma interface sem explicitamente declarar que a implementa.
2. A structural typing approach where interface conformance is determined by method compatibility rather than explicit inheritance or declaration
The implicit interface implementation in Go promotes duck typing, where if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.
A implementação implícita de interface em Go promove duck typing, onde se caminha como um pato e grasna como um pato, é um pato.
This is a technical programming term primarily used in software development communities. The concept gained prominence with the Go programming language, which popularized implicit interface implementation as a design philosophy. It represents a shift from traditional object-oriented programming where explicit interface declarations are required, to a more flexible, structural approach favored in modern language design.
Synonyms / Sinônimos
structural typingduck typingimplicit conformancestructural subtyping
Antonyms / Antônimos
explicit interface implementationnominal typingexplicit declaration

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
implementação implícita de interface
Standard technical term used in software development contexts
Portugal
implementação implícita de interface
Same terminology used in European Portuguese technical communities
USA/Canada
implicit interface implementation
Primary English term used in North American tech industry

Related Words

interfacemethod signaturetype systemGo programming languagestructural typingduck typingpolymorphismprotocol

Related Idioms & Phrases

satisfying an interface
implementing by convention
method matching
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