CRITICAL
Rule Definition
Monkey patching can be a risky undertaking because it is not using intended extensibility points and thus may have unintended consequences or make migration to newer versions of the SDK more difficult
Remediation
Classes should not appear to be duplicate of SDK class.
Reference
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Architecture - Reuse
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