Inheritance in Java
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📌What is inheritance?
When we want to create a new class and there is already a class that includes some of the code that we want, we can derive our new class from the existing class (and avoid the writing of the same code again). This is referred to as inheritance.
When we want to create a new class and there is already a class that includes some of the code that we want, we can derive our new class from the existing class (and avoid the writing of the same code again). This is referred to as inheritance.
📌Example 
📌Terms
🔸Superclass/Parent class/Base class-
The class whose features are inherited
🔸Subclass/Child class/Derived class-
The class that inherits the other class features.
🔸Superclass/Parent class/Base class-
The class whose features are inherited
🔸Subclass/Child class/Derived class-
The class that inherits the other class features.
📌Java syntax
Using the 'extends' keyword
Using the 'extends' keyword
📌Types of inheritance
Can be simply understood through this image
Can be simply understood through this image
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