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Not possible to extend BasicRobot and BasicComponentFinder

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by locating the BasicRobot and BasicComponentFinder class definitions and inspect their constructor and finality constraints. Review existing subclasses or extension points, if any, before deciding whether abstract middle classes are appropriate. The issue does not specify a concrete API or tests, so completion would require an agreed design and corresponding coverage.

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Description

documentation enhancement

It is not possible to extend the BasicRobot and BasicComponentFinder classes. The BasicRobot has no public constructor and BasicComponentFinder class is final type. There probably is good reasons for these decisions but they make extending functionality very difficult. Maybe there should exist abstract middle classes for both?

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