Dependency Inversion Principle
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The Dependency Inversion Principle is an object-oriented design guideline that promotes decoupling by having high-level and low-level modules depend on shared abstractions rather than concrete implementations.
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| Dependency Inversion Principle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dependency Inversion Principle Context triple: [Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices, explainsConcept, Dependency Inversion Principle]
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Clean Architecture
Clean Architecture is a software design philosophy and set of principles, popularized by Robert C. Martin, that emphasizes separation of concerns, testability, and independence from frameworks, databases, and user interfaces.
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DRY principle
The DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle is a software development guideline that emphasizes reducing repetition by centralizing logic and data to improve maintainability and reduce errors.
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
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Chain of Responsibility
Chain of Responsibility is a behavioral design pattern that decouples senders and receivers by passing a request along a chain of potential handlers until one of them processes it.
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dependency Inversion Principle Target entity description: The Dependency Inversion Principle is an object-oriented design guideline that promotes decoupling by having high-level and low-level modules depend on shared abstractions rather than concrete implementations.
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A.
Clean Architecture
Clean Architecture is a software design philosophy and set of principles, popularized by Robert C. Martin, that emphasizes separation of concerns, testability, and independence from frameworks, databases, and user interfaces.
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B.
DRY principle
The DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle is a software development guideline that emphasizes reducing repetition by centralizing logic and data to improve maintainability and reduce errors.
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C.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
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D.
Chain of Responsibility
Chain of Responsibility is a behavioral design pattern that decouples senders and receivers by passing a request along a chain of potential handlers until one of them processes it.
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E.
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
SOLID principle
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software design principle ⓘ |
| addresses |
difficulty in unit testing concrete implementations
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rigid and fragile designs ⓘ tight coupling between modules ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | DIP ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
high-level policy modules
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low-level detail modules ⓘ |
| benefit |
easier replacement of low-level components
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improved ability to evolve system behavior ⓘ reduced ripple effects of changes ⓘ simplified mocking and stubbing in tests ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
direct instantiation of concrete classes
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top-level modules depending on concrete details ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
abstractions should not depend on details
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both high-level and low-level modules should depend on abstractions ⓘ details should depend on abstractions ⓘ high-level modules should not depend on low-level modules ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
decoupling of components
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inversion of traditional dependency direction ⓘ use of interfaces and abstract classes ⓘ |
| encourages |
depending on stable abstractions
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programming to interfaces rather than implementations ⓘ separating policy from implementation details ⓘ |
| field |
object-oriented design
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software engineering ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Robert C. Martin ⓘ |
| goal |
improve flexibility of software design
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improve maintainability ⓘ improve testability ⓘ increase modularity ⓘ reduce coupling between high-level and low-level modules ⓘ |
| influences |
framework and library design
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test-driven development practices ⓘ |
| introducedInContextOf | SOLID object-oriented design guidelines ⓘ |
| partOf | SOLID principles ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Inversion of Control
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dependency injection ⓘ interface segregation ⓘ layered architecture ⓘ loose coupling ⓘ |
| typicalMechanism |
constructor injection
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interface-based design ⓘ setter injection ⓘ |
| usedIn |
domain-driven design
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enterprise application architectures ⓘ plugin-based architectures ⓘ |
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Subject: Dependency Inversion Principle Description of subject: The Dependency Inversion Principle is an object-oriented design guideline that promotes decoupling by having high-level and low-level modules depend on shared abstractions rather than concrete implementations.
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Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
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