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| <p>An <em>explicit</em> sub-role (sub-class using <code>extends</code>) |
| can refine the <code>playedBy</code> relation to a more |
| specific base class (this is the basis for |
| <a href="s2.3.3.html" title="§2.3.3 Smart lifting" class="sect">smart lifting (§2.3.3)</a>).<br /> |
| If a role class inherits several <code>playedBy</code> relations from |
| its super-class and its super-interfaces, there must be a most specific |
| base-class among these relations, which is conform to all other base-classes. |
| This most specific base-class is the base-class of the current role. |
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