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Polymorphism and Multimethods

Explore how to implement polymorphism in Clojure using multimethods. Understand defmulti and defmethod to define flexible, type-based function behaviors that improve code abstraction and extensibility.

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Polymorphism

Polymorphism is one of the core concepts of object-oriented programming and describes situations in which something occurs in several different forms, so we can have an interface with different implementations for each scenario.

A classic example of polymorphism with animals
A classic example of polymorphism with animals

In the example, the animals are speaking. They’re all from the same group, which is animals, and they all have the same characteristic, which is speaking. However, ...