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Class modifiers reference

This page contains reference information for class modifiers.

Valid combinations

The valid combinations of class modifiers and their resulting capabilities are:

Declaration Construct? Extend? Implement? Mix in? Exhaustive?  
class Yes Yes Yes No No  
base class Yes Yes No No No  
interface class Yes No Yes No No  
final class Yes No No No No  
sealed class No No No No Yes  
abstract class No Yes Yes No No  
abstract base class No Yes No No No  
abstract interface class No No Yes No No  
abstract final class No No No No No  
mixin class Yes Yes Yes Yes No  
base mixin class Yes Yes No Yes No  
abstract mixin class No Yes Yes Yes No  
abstract base mixin class No Yes No Yes No  
mixin No No Yes Yes No  
base mixin No No No Yes No  

Invalid combinations

Certain combinations of modifiers are not allowed:

Combination Reasoning
base, interface, and final All control the same two capabilities (extend and implement), so are mutually exclusive.
sealed and abstract Neither can be constructed, so are redundant together.
sealed with base, interface, or final sealed types already cannot be mixed in, extended or implemented from another library, so are redundant to combine with the listed modifiers.
mixin and abstract Neither can be constructed, so are redundant together.
mixin and interface, final, or sealed A mixin or mixin class declaration is intended to be mixed in, which the listed modifiers prevent.
enum and any modifiers enum declarations cannot be extended, implemented, mixed in, and can always be instantiated, so no modifiers apply to enum declarations.