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Common Base Link Type

In one approach, the programmer creating the linked list abstraction creates a generic ``link'' class, independent of any application.

The programmer who uses the list abstraction then subclasses from this generic class, in order to hold values specific to a particular problem.

Intro OOP, Chapter 15, Slide 6