Refused Bequest

When a subclass inherits methods and fields from their parents, but doesn’t need them. It’s often a sign that the subclass is not substitutable for its parent class. In that case it’s a breach of the Liskov Substitution Principle.

Sources

• This smell is included Martin Fowler's book "Refactoring", 2nd Edition
• This smell is included among wikipedia's code smells

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