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5.5 Types of Inheritance

There are four main types of inheritance in Python: single, multiple, multilevel, and hierarchical. Hybrid inheritance combines multiple inheritance types. Single inheritance allows a child class to inherit from one parent class. Multiple inheritance allows a child class to inherit from more than one parent class. Multilevel inheritance allows for inheritance from parent to child to grandchild classes. Hierarchical inheritance involves creating multiple child classes from a single parent class.

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5.5 Types of Inheritance

There are four main types of inheritance in Python: single, multiple, multilevel, and hierarchical. Hybrid inheritance combines multiple inheritance types. Single inheritance allows a child class to inherit from one parent class. Multiple inheritance allows a child class to inherit from more than one parent class. Multilevel inheritance allows for inheritance from parent to child to grandchild classes. Hierarchical inheritance involves creating multiple child classes from a single parent class.

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Types of inheritance Python




Inheritance is defined as the mechanism of inheriting the properties of the base class
to the child class. Here we a going to see the types of inheritance in Python.

Types of Inheritance in Python


Types of Inheritance depend upon the number of child and parent classes involved.
There are four types of inheritance in Python:
Single Inheritance:
Single inheritance enables a derived class to inherit properties from a single parent
class, thus enabling code reusability and the addition of new features to existing code.
Example:
Python3
# Python program to demonstrate
# single inheritance

# Base class
class Parent:
def func1(self):
print("This function is in parent class.")

# Derived class

class Child(Parent):
def func2(self):
print("This function is in child class.")

# Driver's code
object = Child()
object.func1()
object.func2()

Output:
This function is in parent class.
This function is in child class.
Multiple Inheritance:
When a class can be derived from more than one base class this type of inheritance is
called multiple inheritances. In multiple inheritances, all the features of the base
classes are inherited into the derived class.
Example:
Python3
# Python program to demonstrate
# multiple inheritance

# Base class1
class Mother:
mothername = ""

def mother(self):
print(self.mothername)

# Base class2

class Father:
fathername = ""

def father(self):
print(self.fathername)

# Derived class

class Son(Mother, Father):


def parents(self):
print("Father :", self.fathername)
print("Mother :", self.mothername)

# Driver's code
s1 = Son()
s1.fathername = "RAM"
s1.mothername = "SITA"
s1.parents()

Output:
Father : RAM
Mother : SITA
Multilevel Inheritance :
In multilevel inheritance, features of the base class and the derived class are further
inherited into the new derived class. This is similar to a relationship representing a
child and a grandfather.

Example:
Python3
# Python program to demonstrate
# multilevel inheritance

# Base class

class Grandfather:

def __init__(self, grandfathername):


self.grandfathername = grandfathername

# Intermediate class

class Father(Grandfather):
def __init__(self, fathername, grandfathername):
self.fathername = fathername

# invoking constructor of Grandfather class


Grandfather.__init__(self, grandfathername)

# Derived class

class Son(Father):
def __init__(self, sonname, fathername, grandfathername):
self.sonname = sonname

# invoking constructor of Father class


Father.__init__(self, fathername, grandfathername)

def print_name(self):
print('Grandfather name :', self.grandfathername)
print("Father name :", self.fathername)
print("Son name :", self.sonname)

# Driver code
s1 = Son('Prince', 'Rampal', 'Lal mani')
print(s1.grandfathername)
s1.print_name()

Output:
Lal mani
Grandfather name : Lal mani
Father name : Rampal
Son name : Prince
Hierarchical Inheritance:
When more than one derived class are created from a single base this type of
inheritance is called hierarchical inheritance. In this program, we have a parent (base)
class and two child (derived) classes.

Example:
Python3
# Python program to demonstrate
# Hierarchical inheritance

# Base class
class Parent:
def func1(self):
print("This function is in parent class.")

# Derived class1

class Child1(Parent):
def func2(self):
print("This function is in child 1.")

# Derivied class2

class Child2(Parent):
def func3(self):
print("This function is in child 2.")
# Driver's code
object1 = Child1()
object2 = Child2()
object1.func1()
object1.func2()
object2.func1()
object2.func3()

Output:
This function is in parent class.
This function is in child 1.
This function is in parent class.
This function is in child 2.
Hybrid Inheritance:
Inheritance consisting of multiple types of inheritance is called hybrid inheritance.

Example:
Python3
# Python program to demonstrate
# hybrid inheritance

class School:
def func1(self):
print("This function is in school.")
class Student1(School):
def func2(self):
print("This function is in student 1. ")

class Student2(School):
def func3(self):
print("This function is in student 2.")

class Student3(Student1, School):


def func4(self):
print("This function is in student 3.")

# Driver's code
object = Student3()
object.func1()
object.func2()

Output:
This function is in school.
This function is in student 1.

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