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Lecture 4

Inheritance is a mechanism in object-oriented programming where a new class derives features and properties from an existing class, promoting code reusability. In Java, the 'extends' keyword is used for inheritance, which includes various types such as single, multi-level, and hierarchical. An example activity involves creating a superclass 'arithmetic' with subclasses for addition, subtraction, and multiplication functionalities.

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Lecture 4

Inheritance is a mechanism in object-oriented programming where a new class derives features and properties from an existing class, promoting code reusability. In Java, the 'extends' keyword is used for inheritance, which includes various types such as single, multi-level, and hierarchical. An example activity involves creating a superclass 'arithmetic' with subclasses for addition, subtraction, and multiplication functionalities.

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Inheritance

Presented By: Shereen Sikander


Definition
• When we create a new class from an existing class in such a way that the new
class accesses all the features(functions/methods) and properties(variables)
of the existing class, then that mechanism is called inheritance
Note:
1. In JAVA extends keyword is used to perform inheritance.
2. Inheritance gives an advantage of code reusability.
3. We can't access private members of a class through inheritance.
4. A sub- class can access features of super class so we should make an object
of a sub- class.
5. Method overriding is possible via Inheritance.
Types of Inheritance
• 5 types
• Single
• Multiple
• Multi-level
• Hierarchial
• Hybrid
Single
• The inheritance in which there is one Super class and one Sub-
class is called Single Inheritance.
Super class
• Syntax:
Class Super {
/*
Line of code
*/ } Sub class

Class Sub-class extends Super {


/*
Line of code
*/
}
Single inheritance Contd..
Single Inheritance Contd..
Single Inheriatnce Contd with
Private access Modifiers…
Multi-level
• In multi-level Inheritance we have a single Super Super Class
Class and multiple Sub Classes.
• Syntax:
Class Super {
/* Sub Class 1
Line of code
*/ }
Class Sub-class 1 extends Super { Sub Class 2
/*
Line of code
*/}
Class Sub-class 2 extends Sub-class 1 { Sub Class 3
/*
Line of code */}
Multi-Level Inheritance Contd..
Multi-Level Inheritance Contd..
Activity
• Make a Super class named arithmetic and having Sub-classes named
add, subtract, multiply and result.
• ADD class should have a function which adds numbers given by user.
• Subtract class should have a function which Subtracts numbers given
by user.
• Multiply class should have a function which multiply numbers given
by user.
• Result should display answers of Add, Subtract and Multiply.

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