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C H A P T E R 11

Inheritance

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Topics
• Introduction to Inheritance
• Polymorphism

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Introduction to Inheritance
• In the real world, many objects are a
specialized version of more general
objects
• Example: grasshoppers and bees are
specialized types of insect
• In addition to the general insect characteristics,
they have unique characteristics:
• Grasshoppers can jump
• Bees can sting, make honey, and build hives

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Introduction to Inheritance
(cont’d.)

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Inheritance and the “Is a”
Relationship
• “Is a” relationship: exists when one
object is a specialized version of
another object
• Specialized object has all the characteristics
of the general object plus unique
characteristics
• Example: Rectangle is a shape
Daisy is a flower

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Inheritance and the “Is a”
Relationship (cont’d.)
• Inheritance: used to create an “is a”
relationship between classes
• Superclass (base class): a general class
• Subclass (derived class): a specialized
class
• An extended version of the superclass
• Inherits attributes and methods of the superclass
• New attributes and methods can be added

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Inheritance and the “Is a”
Relationship (cont’d.)
• For example, need to create classes for
cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs
• All are automobiles
• Have a make, year model, mileage, and price
• This can be the attributes for the base class
• In addition:
• Car has a number of doors
• Pickup truck has a drive type
• SUV has a passenger capacity

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Inheritance and the “Is a”
Relationship (cont’d.)
• In a class definition for a subclass:
• To indicate inheritance, the superclass name
is placed in parentheses after subclass name
• Example: class Car(Automobile):
• The initializer method of a subclass calls the
initializer method of the superclass and then
initializes the unique data attributes
• Add method definitions for unique methods

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Inheritance in UML Diagrams
• In UML diagram, show inheritance by
drawing a line with an open arrowhead
from subclass to superclass

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Polymorphism
• Polymorphism: an object’s ability to take
different forms
• Essential ingredients of polymorphic
behavior:
• Ability to define a method in a superclass and
override it in a subclass
• Subclass defines method with the same name
• Ability to call the correct version of overridden
method depending on the type of object that called
for it

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Polymorphism (cont’d.)
• In previous inheritance examples showed
how to override the __init__ method
• Called superclass __init__ method and then
added onto that
• The same can be done for any other
method
• The method can call the superclass equivalent
and add to it, or do something completely
different

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The isinstance Function
• Polymorphism provides great flexibility
when designing programs
• AttributeError exception: raised when
a method is receives an object which is
not an instance of the right class
• isinstance function: determines
whether object is an instance of a class
• Format: isinstance(object, class)

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Summary
• This chapter covered:
• Inheritance, including:
• “Is a” relationships
• Subclasses and superclasses
• Defining subclasses and initializer methods
• Depicting inheritance in UML diagrams
• Polymorphism
• The isinstance function

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