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    Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and behaviors from another "parent" class. In C++, a derived class inherits from a base class, acquiring all its properties and behaviors. The derived class specializes the base class. A class can inherit from multiple base classes, inheriting data and functions from each. Inheritance implements an "is-a" relationship, where a derived class "is-a" type of its parent class.

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    Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and behaviors from another "parent" class. In C++, a derived class inherits from a base class, acquiring all its properties and behaviors. The derived class specializes the base class. A class can inherit from multiple base classes, inheriting data and functions from each. Inheritance implements an "is-a" relationship, where a derived class "is-a" type of its parent class.

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    Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and behaviors from another "parent" class. In C++, a derived class inherits from a base class, acquiring all its properties and behaviors. The derived class specializes the base class. A class can inherit from multiple base classes, inheriting data and functions from each. Inheritance implements an "is-a" relationship, where a derived class "is-a" type of its parent class.

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    Inheritance

    The capability of a class to derive properties and characteristics from another


    class is called Inheritance. In C++, inheritance is a process in which one object
    acquires all the properties and behaviors of its parent object automatically. In
    such way, you can reuse, extend or modify the attributes and behaviors which
    are defined in other class. In C++, the class which inherits the members of
    another class is called derived class and the class whose members are inherited
    is called base class. The derived class is the specialized class for the base class.

     derived class (child) - the class that inherits from another class


     base class (parent) - the class being inherited from

    The idea of inheritance implements “  is a”  relationship.

    For example, parrot IS-A bird.

    Sparrow
    They have grey head

    To inherit from a class, use the : symbol.

    class derived_class: access_specifier Base class

    Where access-specifier is one of public, Protected, or private, and base-class is


    the name of a previously defined class. If the access-specifier is not used, then it
    is private by default.

    class B : public A
    where class B inherit the property of class A

    A class can be derived from more than one classes, which means it can inherit
    data and functions from multiple base classes.
    We can summarize the data and member function of a class according to their
    access specification- who can access them in the following way

    Access Public Protected private

    Same class Yes Yes yes

    Derived classes Yes Yes no

    Outside classes Yes No no

    A derived class inherits all base class methods with the following exceptions

     Constructors, destructors and copy constructors of the base class.

     Overloaded operators of the base class.

     The friend functions of the base class.

    Modes of Inheritance
    We hardly use protected or private inheritance, but public inheritance is
    commonly used. A base class's private members are never accessible directly
    from a derived class, but can be accessed through calls to
    the public and protected members of the base class.

    While using different type of inheritance according to access specifier,


    following rules are applied −

    Public Inheritance − When deriving a class from a public base


    class, public members of the base class become public members of the derived
    class and protected members of the base class become protected members of the
    derived class.

    Protected Inheritance − When deriving from a protected base class, public and


    protected members of the base class become protected members of the derived
    class.
    Private Inheritance − When deriving from a private base class, public and
    protected members of the base class become private members of the derived
    class.

    Rules of Derivations

    Base class Base Class Data and Function


    access specifier Public Protected Private
    Modes of inheritance
    Public Public Protected Not accessible in
    derived class
    Protected Protected Protected Not accessible in
    derived class
    Private Private Private Not accessible in
    derived class

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