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Inheritance

The document discusses different types of inheritance in object-oriented programming including single, multiple, multilevel, hierarchical and hybrid inheritance. Single inheritance allows a class to inherit from one parent class. Multiple inheritance allows a class to inherit from multiple parent classes. Multilevel inheritance involves deriving a class from another derived class. Hierarchical inheritance involves deriving multiple classes from a single base class.

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Inheritance

The document discusses different types of inheritance in object-oriented programming including single, multiple, multilevel, hierarchical and hybrid inheritance. Single inheritance allows a class to inherit from one parent class. Multiple inheritance allows a class to inherit from multiple parent classes. Multilevel inheritance involves deriving a class from another derived class. Hierarchical inheritance involves deriving multiple classes from a single base class.

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Prof. Cherry Mae J.

Galangque, MSCA

email: [email protected]
Computer Engineering Program, DEET
College of Engineering and Technology
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology
▪ Inheritance
is one of the feature of Object Oriented Programming
System(OOPs)that allows the child class to acquire the properties (the data
members) and functionality (the member functions) of parent class.
▪ What is child class?
A class that inherits another class is known as child class, it is also known as
derived class or subclass.
▪ What is parent class?
The class that is being inherited by other class is known as parent class, super class
or base class.
▪ Syntax of Inheritance
class parent_class {
//Body of parent class
};

class child_class : access_modifier


parent_class {
//Body of child class
};
class Animal {
// eat() function
// sleep() function
};

class Dog : public Animal {


// bark() function
};
A publicly derived class inherits access to every member of a base class except:

▪ its constructors and its destructor


▪ its assignment operator members (operator=)
▪ its friends
▪ its private members

Calling a different constructor of a base class is possible, using the same syntax used to
initialize member variables in the initialization list:

derived_constructor_name (parameters) : base_constructor_name (parameters) {


...
}
1) Single inheritance
2) Multiple inheritance
3) Multilevel inheritance
4) Hierarchical inheritance
5) Hybrid inheritance
▪ In single inheritance, a class is allowed to inherit from
only one class. i.e. one sub class is inherited by one
base class only.
▪ Multiple Inheritance is a feature of C++ where a class can inherit from more than one
classes. i.e one child class is inherited from more than one base classes.
Syntax:
class childclass_name : access_mode base_class1, access_mode base_class2, ....{
//body of subclass
};
▪ In this type of inheritance, a derived class is
created from another derived class
▪ In this type of inheritance, more than one sub
class is inherited from a single base class.
i.e. more than one derived class is created
from a single base class.
▪ Hybrid Inheritance is implemented by
combining more than one type of inheritance.
▪ For example: Combining Hierarchical
inheritance and Multiple Inheritance.

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