The document provides an overview of inheritance in Java, explaining the concept of deriving new classes from existing ones, where the old class is termed as superclass and the new class as subclass. It outlines the benefits of inheritance, such as code reusability and sharing, and categorizes inheritance into types including single, multilevel, hierarchical, multiple, and hybrid inheritance. Additionally, it discusses access modifiers and constructors, emphasizing their roles in class design and object initialization.
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Java Unit 1 Part 2
The document provides an overview of inheritance in Java, explaining the concept of deriving new classes from existing ones, where the old class is termed as superclass and the new class as subclass. It outlines the benefits of inheritance, such as code reusability and sharing, and categorizes inheritance into types including single, multilevel, hierarchical, multiple, and hybrid inheritance. Additionally, it discusses access modifiers and constructors, emphasizing their roles in class design and object initialization.