UNIT- I

CHAPTER IN BOOK- 8
PART- I
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INHERITANCE

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GOALS
1. Inheritance Definition
2. Inheritance Syntax
3. Inheritance Diagrammatic Example
4. Inheritance Sample Program
5. Public, Private in Inheritance
6. Types of Inheritance in Java
7. No Multiple Inheritance in Java- Why ?
8. Using super
9. Note- super in constructor during inheritance
10. THREE USAGES of super
11. Multi-Level Hierarchy
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INHERITANCE
DEFINITION->DEFINITION
Inheritance in java is a mechanism in which one object
acquires all the properties and behaviors of parent object.

Inheritance represents the IS-A relationship, also

known as parent-child relationship.

WHY USE INHERITANCE IN JAVA?

(1) For Method Overriding (runtime polymorphism can be
achieved).
(2) For Code Reusability.

In the terminology of Java

a class that is inherited is called a super class.

The new class is called a subclass.
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INHERITANCE SYNTAX

The general form of a class declaration

that inherits a superclass is shown here:

class Subclass-name extends Superclassname

{
//methods and fields
}

The extends keyword indicates that you are

making a new class that derives from an
existing class.
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DIAGRAMMATIC
EXAMPLE

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SAMPLE PROGRAM

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SAMPLE PROGRAM

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PUBLIC, PRIVATE

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TYPES IN JAVA

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NO MULTIPLE
INHERITANCE IN JAVA
THRU CLASS- WHY ?

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USING SUPER
I. Whenever a subclass needs to refer to its immediate
super-class, it can do so by use of the keyword "super".
II. Whenever the instance of subclass is created, an
instance of parent class is created implicitly i.e. referred
by "super" reference variable.
III.USAGE OF JAVA "super" KEYWORD->
. (i) super is used to refer immediate parent class
instance variable.
. (ii) super() is used to invoke immediate parent
class constructor.
. (iii) super is used to invoke immediate parent
class method.
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USING SUPER

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USING SUPER

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SUPER IN
CONSTRUCTOR

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USING SUPER

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MULTI-LEVEL
HIERARCHY

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Exercises\Exercise2\Pe

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SO FAR WE STUDIED
Inheritance

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HAPPY
LEARNING!!!