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The document discusses Object Oriented Programming in Python, focusing on the concept of inheritance and method overriding. It explains how to tailor classes for specific needs by inheriting properties from a base class and overriding methods in derived classes. Additionally, it includes an exercise to create a base class 'Animal' and its subclasses 'Mammal' and 'Bird'.

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Lecture_6#_Inheritance

The document discusses Object Oriented Programming in Python, focusing on the concept of inheritance and method overriding. It explains how to tailor classes for specific needs by inheriting properties from a base class and overriding methods in derived classes. Additionally, it includes an exercise to create a base class 'Animal' and its subclasses 'Mammal' and 'Bird'.

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Object Oriented Programming

Using
Python

Teemu Matilainen
teemu.matilainen@savo
nia.fi
Lecture 6#

• You realize what inheritance is about


• You are able to inherit a class
• You are able to override a method in a subclass
What inheritance is about?
How to inherit a class?
Tailoring Classes for Specific Needs…

There are instances when you've already created a


class, but later find the need for unique characteristics
in certain instances, rather than all. Alternatively, you
might notice that you've defined two closely related
classes with only slight distinctions. As programmers,
our goal is to minimize repetition while ensuring clarity
and readability. How can we address varying
implementations of inherently similar objects in such
cases?
Example:
If we want to change
the email address, we
must write two
different functions…
Inheritance:
Using the
inherited
class
change_email
call
BookContainer &
BookShelf – Method
overriding
• In the Bookshelf class, there is a method
named add_book. The base class
BookContainer also defines a method
with the same name. This phenomenon
is known as method overriding.
When a derived class has a method
sharing the same name as the one in the
base class, the version in the derived
class takes precedence and replaces the
original method when working with
instances of the derived class.

• In the example, the concept is that when


adding a new book to a BookContainer,
it is always placed at the top. However,
with a Bookshelf, you have the flexibility
to specify the location yourself. The list
books method functions identically for
both classes, as there is no overridden
method in the derived class.
BookContainer &
BookShelf in action!!

The Bookshelf class also has access


to the list of books method. Through
inheritance the method is a member
of all the classes derived from the
BookContainer class!!!!
Inheritance and the
scope of these
properties
A derived class inherits all properties
from the base class. Properties are
accessible from the derived class,
unless they have been defined as
private in the base class (with two
underscores before the name of
the properties).

As the attributes of a Bookshelf are


All the properties in the base class can be
identical to a BookContainer, there
accessed from the derived class with the function
was no need to rewrite the
super(). The self argument is left out from the
constructor of Bookshelf. We simply
method call, as Python adds it automatically.
called the constructor of the base
class:
What if the attributes are not identical: can we still
use the base class constructor in some way?
Exercise: Inheritance
• Create a Base Class: Animal
• Create Subclasses: Mammal and Bird
Exercise: Inheritance…

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