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What Is Inheritance ?

The document discusses inheritance in object-oriented programming in Python 3. It defines inheritance as inheriting attributes and methods from a base class into a derived class. It provides examples of single, multiple, and multilevel inheritance in Python. It also discusses abstract base classes and naming conventions for private, protected, and public members in Python.

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What Is Inheritance ?

The document discusses inheritance in object-oriented programming in Python 3. It defines inheritance as inheriting attributes and methods from a base class into a derived class. It provides examples of single, multiple, and multilevel inheritance in Python. It also discusses abstract base classes and naming conventions for private, protected, and public members in Python.

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The Four Pillars of OOP in Python 3 for Beginners

INHERITANCE

1. What is inheritance ?
Inheriting the attributes and methods of a base class into a
derived class is called Inheritance.
Syntax:
class BaseClass:
# Body of BaseClass

class DerivedClass(BaseClass):
# Body of DerivedClass

Example:
class Shape:
unitOfMeasurement = 'centimetre'

class Square(Shape):
def __init__(self):
# The attribute unitOfMeasurement has been
inherited from the class Shape to this class Square
print("Unit of measurement for this square: ",
self.unitOfMeasurement)

square = Square()

2. What is multiple inheritance ?


Mechanism in which a derived class inherits from two or more
base classes is called a multiple inheritance
Syntax:
class baseClassOne:
# Body of baseClassOne

class baseClassTwo:
# Body of baseClassTwo
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class derivedClass(baseClassOne, baseClassTwo):


# Body of derived class

Example:
class OperatingSystem:
multiTasking = True

class Apple:
website = 'www.apple.com'

class MacOS(OperatingSystem, Apple):


def __init__(self):
if self.multiTasking is True:
# The class MacOS has inherited 'multitasking'
attribute from the class OperatingSystem and 'website' attribute
from the class 'Apple'
print("MacOS is a multitasking operating system.
Visit {} for more details".format(self.website))

mac = MacOS()

3. What is multilevel inheritance ?


Mechanism in which a derived class inherits from a base
class which has been derived from another base class is called
a multilevel inheritance
Syntax:
class BaseClass:
# Body of baseClass

class DerivedClassOne(BaseClass):
# Body of DerivedClassOne

class DerivedClassTwo(DerivedClassOne):
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# Body of DerivedClassTwo

Example:
class Apple:
website = 'www.apple.com'

class MacBook(Apple):
deviceType = 'notebook computer'

class MacBookPro(MacBook):
def __init__(self):
# This class inherits deviceType from the base class
MacBook. It also inherits website from base class of MacBook,
which is Apple.
print("This is a {}. Visit {} for more
details".format(self.deviceType, self.website))

macBook = MacBookPro()

5. What is an abstract base class ?


A base class which contains abstract methods that are to
be overridden in its derived class is called an abstract base
class. They belong to the abc module.
Example:
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
class Shape(metaclass = ABCMeta):
@abstractmethod
def area(self):
return 0

class Square(Shape):
def area(self, side)
return side * side

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The Four Pillars of OOP in Python 3 for Beginners

6. What are the naming conventions used for private,


protected and public members ?
Private -> __memberName
Protected -> _memberName
Public -> memberName

7. How is name mangling done for private members by


Python ?
Name mangling is done by prepending the member name
with an underscore and class name.
_className__memberName

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