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    Inheritance in Java allows one class to acquire properties and behaviors of another class. This creates a parent-child relationship between the classes, where the child class inherits from the parent class. Inheritance is used for code reuse and to achieve runtime polymorphism through method overriding. A subclass inherits all non-private fields and methods from its superclass. Multiple inheritance is not supported in Java due to complexity and ambiguity issues.

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    Inheritance in Java allows one class to acquire properties and behaviors of another class. This creates a parent-child relationship between the classes, where the child class inherits from the parent class. Inheritance is used for code reuse and to achieve runtime polymorphism through method overriding. A subclass inherits all non-private fields and methods from its superclass. Multiple inheritance is not supported in Java due to complexity and ambiguity issues.

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    Inheritance in Java allows one class to acquire properties and behaviors of another class. This creates a parent-child relationship between the classes, where the child class inherits from the parent class. Inheritance is used for code reuse and to achieve runtime polymorphism through method overriding. A subclass inherits all non-private fields and methods from its superclass. Multiple inheritance is not supported in Java due to complexity and ambiguity issues.

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    The key takeaways from the passage are that inheritance in Java allows classes to inherit features from other classes, and represents an IS-A relationship. The main types of inheritance are single, multilevel and hierarchical inheritance.

    The three main types of inheritance in Java based on classes are: single inheritance, multilevel inheritance, and hierarchical inheritance.

    Single inheritance involves one subclass inheriting from one superclass. Multilevel inheritance involves a subclass inheriting from another subclass, which inherits from a superclass. Hierarchical inheritance involves a superclass with multiple subclasses inheriting directly from it.

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    Inheritance in java is a mechanism in which one object acquires all the properties and behaviors of parent
    object.
    The idea behind inheritance in java is that you can create new classes that are built upon existing classes.
    When you inherit from an existing class, you can reuse methods and fields of parent class, and you can add
    new methods and fields also.
    Inheritance represents the IS-A relationship, also known as parent-child relationship.

    Why use inheritance in java


    For Method Overriding (so runtime polymorphism can be achieved).
    For Code Reusability.

    Syntax of Java Inheritance


    1. class Subclass-name extends Superclass-name
    2. {
    3. }
    The extends keyword indicates that you are making a new class that derives from an existing class.
    In the terminology of Java, a class that is inherited is called a super class. The new class is called a subclass.

    Understanding the simple example of inheritance


    As displayed in the above figure, Programmer is the subclass and
    Employee is the superclass. Relationship between two classes is
    Programmer IS-A Employee.It means that Programmer is a type
    of Employee.
    1. class Employee{
    2. float salary=40000;
    3. }
    4. class Programmer extends Employee{
    5. int bonus=10000;
    6. public static void main(String args[]){
    7.

    Programmer p=new Programmer();

    8.

    System.out.println("Programmer salary is:"+p.salary);

    9.

    System.out.println("Bonus of Programmer is:"+p.bonus);

    10. }
    11. }
    Test it Now
    Programmer salary is:40000.0
    Bonus of programmer is:10000

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    In the above example, Programmer object can access the field of own class as well as of Employee class i.e.
    code reusability.

    Types of inheritance in java


    On the basis of class, there can be three types of inheritance in java: single, multilevel and hierarchical.
    In java programming, multiple and hybrid inheritance is supported through interface only. We will learn about
    interfaces later.

    Note: Multiple inheritance is not supported in java through class.


    When a class extends multiple classes i.e. known as multiple inheritance. For Example:

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    Q) Why multiple inheritance is not supported in java?


    To reduce the complexity and simplify the language, multiple inheritance is not supported in java.
    Consider a scenario where A, B and C are three classes. The C class inherits A and B classes. If A and B
    classes have same method and you call it from child class object, there will be ambiguity to call method of A or
    B class.
    Since compile time errors are better than runtime errors, java renders compile time error if you inherit 2
    classes. So whether you have same method or different, there will be compile time error now.
    1. class A{
    2. void msg(){System.out.println("Hello");}
    3. }
    4. class B{
    5. void msg(){System.out.println("Welcome");}
    6. }
    7. class C extends A,B{
    8. Public Static void main(String args[]){
    9.
    10.

    C obj=new C();
    obj.msg();

    11. }
    12. }
    Test it Now
    Compile Time Error
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