What is Multiple Inheritance ?
This technology, particular to COOL:Plex of Computer Associates allows you to develop with an even greater approach than what was possible before. Concretely, this means that to design a program and more particularly a Client function, you can assembly several components (called " patterns ") this is to say, elementary functions. Until now, one only had the possibility to use one object which had to contain all of these components while having the choice to activate them, or not, in its reutilization.
Of course, reusable basis objects as well as Business objects (Frameworks) can be used with this new technology.

What does " Panel Component " mean?
This technique which is particular to Microsoft, allows to conceive more powerful and easy to use interfaces. In addition, these interfaces will be easier to develop while performing as before in terms of execution. The idea is to display a single window for the end user, in which the content will correspond to the execution of several programs.

How does one use these new technologies ?
You'll need new Technical, Functional and Business reusable objects when using these new technologies. With these new objects called " patterns " and their specific architectures, you'll be able to use the entire strength of 3.50 new version of COOL:Plex.

What is a pattern ?
It is a recursive combination of objects and classes.
The main interest of patterns is that it enables to manipulate more concepts rather, elaborate objects and classes, and thus to put to work assembly for processing.