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Interfaces and Protocols

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Interfaces and protocols provide formal contracts that classes must implement, ensuring consistency across different objects. They bridge the gap between Python's dynamic duck typing and more structured polymorphism, making codebases clearer, safer, and easier to extend.

Abstract Base Classes (ABC) and the Protocol system provide ways to define explicit interfaces that classes must follow. These mechanisms help ensure compatibility while preserving Python's flexibility. By applying them in contexts such as shape hierarchies, drawable objects, or plugin systems, developers can design software that is both robust and maintainable, with clear behavioral contracts guiding implementation.

These mechanisms also strengthen type safety by verifying interface compliance early, improving IDE support, and catching violations before runtime. At the same time, they support common design patterns, enabling plugin architectures, dependency injection, easier testing, and modular design that is simpler to maintain and scale.

Plugin architectures
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Different implementations can be loaded at runtime and used through the same interface. New features can be added without changing the core system.

Dependency injection
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Objects receive their dependencies from the outside instead of creating them directly. This makes code easier to test and easier to replace.

Modular design
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Each component has a clear role and can be developed or changed independently. This keeps the system flexible and easier to maintain as it grows.

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Which statement best highlights the difference between Abstract Base Classes (ABC) and Protocols?

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