How do I implement multiple kinds of an object in OOP?

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Published on 2010-04-29T14:34:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 14:37 UTC
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I have multiple kinds of an object, say Car for example.

Do I have each kind in an inherited class/subclass of Car?

Do I place these under a cartype namespace so as not to mess up the main namespace?

Then later when I need an array of cars, should I declare it as var currentCars():Car or var currentCars():Object? Would the former support any subclass of Car?

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