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Lecture 3.1

This document discusses inheritance in Java, a key concept in Object-Oriented Programming that allows one class to inherit features from another. It explains how to use inheritance with the 'extends' keyword, defines important terminologies such as superclass and subclass, and highlights the concept of reusability. Additionally, it introduces different types of inheritance, although details on those types are not provided in the excerpt.

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Lecture 3.1

This document discusses inheritance in Java, a key concept in Object-Oriented Programming that allows one class to inherit features from another. It explains how to use inheritance with the 'extends' keyword, defines important terminologies such as superclass and subclass, and highlights the concept of reusability. Additionally, it introduces different types of inheritance, although details on those types are not provided in the excerpt.

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Java Programming

UNIT 3

Mrs. Sneha D. Patil


(Assistant Professor,
E&C)
INDEX
Inheritance
How to Use Inheritance in
Java?
Important Terminologies
Used in Java Inheritance
Types Of Inheritance
Inheritance
Java, Inheritance is an important pillar of
OOP(Object-Oriented Programming). It is
the mechanism in Java by which one
class is allowed to inherit the
features(fields and methods) of another
class. In Java, Inheritance means
creating new classes based on existing
ones. A class that inherits from another
class can reuse the methods and fields of
that class. In addition, you can add new
fields and methods to your current class
as well.
How to Use Inheritance in Java?

The extends keyword is used for


inheritance in Java. Using the extends
keyword indicates you are derived from
an existing class. In other words,
“extends” refers to increased
functionality.
Syntax :
class DerivedClass extends BaseClass
{
//methods and fields
}
Important Terminologies Used in Java Inheritance

 Class: Class is a set of objects which shares common


characteristics/ behavior and common properties/ attributes.
Class is not a real-world entity. It is just a template or
blueprint or prototype from which objects are created.
 Super Class/Parent Class: The class whose features are
inherited is known as a superclass(or a base class or a parent
class).
 Sub Class/Child Class: The class that inherits the other
class is known as a subclass(or a derived class, extended
class, or child class). The subclass can add its own fields and
methods in addition to the superclass fields and methods.
 Reusability: Inheritance supports the concept of
“reusability”, i.e. when we want to create a new class and
there is already a class that includes some of the code that
we want, we can derive our new class from the existing class.
By doing this, we are reusing the fields and methods of the
existing class.
TYPES OF INHERITANCE

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