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The document covers the concept of inheritance in Java, explaining its significance in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and how it allows classes to inherit features from other classes. It details the roles of superclasses and subclasses, types of inheritance, and the reasons why multiple inheritance is not supported in Java. Additionally, it discusses Java access modifiers that control visibility and access levels for classes, methods, and variables.

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Lecture 8

The document covers the concept of inheritance in Java, explaining its significance in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and how it allows classes to inherit features from other classes. It details the roles of superclasses and subclasses, types of inheritance, and the reasons why multiple inheritance is not supported in Java. Additionally, it discusses Java access modifiers that control visibility and access levels for classes, methods, and variables.

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Object Oriented Programming with Java

(Subject Code: BCS-403)

Unit 1
Lecture 8
Lecture 8
• Inheritance
• Super Class
• Sub Class
• Access Specifies
Inheritance in 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.
Why use inheritance in java
• For Method Overriding (so runtime
polymorphism can be achieved).
• For Code Reusability.
Syntax of Java Inheritance
class Subclass-name extends Superclass-name
{
//methods and fields
}
The extends keyword indicates that you are
making a new class that derives from an
existing class.
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.
import java.io.*;
// Base or Super Class
class Employee {
int salary = 60000;
}
// Inherited or Sub Class
class Engineer extends Employee {
int benefits = 10000;
}
class MyMain {
public static void main(String args[])
{
Engineer E1 = new Engineer();
System.out.println("Salary : " + E1.salary
+ "Benefits : " + E1.benefits);
}
}
Salary : 60000
Benefits : 10000
Types of inheritance in java
Why multiple inheritance is not supported in java?
• To reduce the complexity and simplify the
language, multiple inheritance is not
supported in java.
• Consider a scenario where A, B and C are three
classes. The C class inherits A and B classes. If
A and B classes have same method and you
call it from child class object, there will be
ambiguity to call method of A or B class.
• Since compile time errors are better than
runtime errors.
class A{
void msg(){System.out.println("Hello");}
}
class B{
void msg(){System.out.println("Welcome");}
}
class C extends A,B{//suppose if it were

Public Static void main(String args[]){


C obj=new C();
obj.msg();//Now which msg() method would be invoked?
}
}

Compile Time Error


Java Modifier Types
Modifiers are keywords that you add to those
definitions to change their meanings. The Java
language has a wide variety of modifiers,
including the following:
 Java Access Modifiers
 Non Access Modifiers
Access Control Modifiers:
Java provides a number of access modifiers to
set access levels for classes, variables, methods
and constructors.
The four access levels are:
• Visible to the package. the default. No
modifiers are needed.
• Visible to the class only (private).
• Visible to the world (public).
• Visible to the package and all subclasses
(protected).
Private access modifier
The private access modifier is accessible only within class.
class A{
private int data=40;
private void msg(){System.out.println("Hello java");}
}

public class Simple{


public static void main(String args[]){
A obj=new A();
System.out.println(obj.data);//Compile Time Error
obj.msg();//Compile Time Error
}
}
• If you make any class constructor private, you
cannot create the instance of that class from
outside the class.
Note: A class cannot be private or protected
except nested class.
default access modifier
• If you don't use any modifier, it is treated as default by
default. The default modifier is accessible only within package.
package pack;
class A{
void msg(){System.out.println("Hello");}
}
//save by B.java
package mypack;
import pack.*;
class B{
public static void main(String args[]){
A obj = new A();//Compile Time Error
obj.msg();//Compile Time Error
}
protected access modifier
• The protected access modifier is accessible
within package and outside the package but
through inheritance only.
• The protected access modifier can be applied
on the data member, method and constructor.
It can't be applied on the class.
//save by A.java
package pack;
public class A{
protected void msg(){System.out.println("Hello");}
}
//save by B.java
package mypack;
import pack.*;

class B extends A{
public static void main(String args[]){
B obj = new B();
obj.msg();
}
} Output:Hello
public access modifier
• The public access modifier is accessible
everywhere. It has the widest scope among all
other modifiers.
Non Access Modifiers:
Java provides a number of non-access modifiers
to achieve many other functionality.
• The static modifier for creating class methods
and variables
• The final modifier for finalizing the
implementations of classes, methods, and
variables.
• The abstract modifier for creating abstract
classes and methods.

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