By minimizing coupling in this way, our classes adhere to another class design principle known as the Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP).5 In essence, the DIP says that our classes should depend upon abstractions, not on concrete details. 5. [PPP]. Instead of being dependent upon the implementation details of the TokyoStock-Exchange class, our Portfolio class is now dependent upon the StockExchange interface. The StockExchange interface represents the abstract concept of asking for the current price of a symbol.
