Quote: a fat interface is a class that provides all functions for a set of concepts, e.g., a universal 'container' class

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[A fat interface is a class that provides all functions for a set of concepts. For example, defining a universal 'container' class.] … [p. 454] Consequently, fat interfaces are best avoided where … and in general wherever there is a good … opens the floodgates for the use of derivation …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: avoid fat interfaces: slow implementation, difficult to prove, weak correspondence between concepts and classes, encourages the use of derivation for implementation convenience

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