Inheritance Part 1
Inheritance – Outline of Concepts Inheritance is the process of deriving a new class from an existing one. One purpose of inheritance is to reuse existing software. The original class is called the parent class, superclass, or base class. Inheritance creates an “is-a” relationship between the parent and child classes. Java uses the reserved word extends to indicate that a new class is being derived from an existing class. Inheritance is a one-way street.
Inheritance – Outline of Concepts Inheritance is the process of deriving a new class from an existing one. One purpose of inheritance is to reuse existing software. The original class is called the parent class, superclass, or base class. Inheritance creates an “is-a” relationship between the parent and child classes. Java uses the reserved word extends to indicate that a new class is being derived from an existing class. Inheritance is a one-way street.