gegen Interfaces programmieren

English translation: programming against interfaces

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German term or phrase:gegen Interfaces programmieren
English translation:programming against interfaces
Entered by: macrettoc

09:00 Jun 12, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - SAP / ABAP
German term or phrase: gegen Interfaces programmieren
Die folgende Aufzählung nennt die wichtigsten Merkmale objektorientierter Screens

Erweiterbarkeit:
In den Rahmenprogrammen programmiert man gegen Interfaces; die Erweiterungen implementieren die Interfaces des Rahmens, womit ein nahtloses Ineinandergreifen von Anwendung und Erweiterung gewährleistet ist.

Does "gegen programmieren" mean "program on"? I've found other DE sources where it's used but I can't seem to find a suitable English translation.
macrettoc
Local time: 21:02
programming against interfaces
Explanation:
common term
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Christian Schneider
Germany
Local time: 22:02
Grading comment
Christian, thanks for your help (thanks too, Ken, for your agreement!). :-)
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programming against interfaces


Explanation:
common term


    Reference: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5277665&messa...
Christian Schneider
Germany
Local time: 22:02
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Christian, thanks for your help (thanks too, Ken, for your agreement!). :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: which presumably means that the interfaces form the basis, terms of reference and constraints for the software (as distingushed from e.g function-oriented or transaction-oriented programming)
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