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Inheritance

Inheritance allows new classes called subclasses to inherit properties and behaviors from existing classes called superclasses. There are different types of inheritance including single inheritance where a subclass inherits from one parent class, multilevel inheritance where subclasses inherit from other subclasses to form a chain, and hierarchical inheritance where multiple subclasses inherit from a single parent class. Important concepts are the superclass that contains shared properties and methods, the subclass that inherits from the superclass and can add its own properties and methods, and interfaces that allow classes to implement multiple sources of functionality achieving a form of multiple inheritance.

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Inheritance

Inheritance allows new classes called subclasses to inherit properties and behaviors from existing classes called superclasses. There are different types of inheritance including single inheritance where a subclass inherits from one parent class, multilevel inheritance where subclasses inherit from other subclasses to form a chain, and hierarchical inheritance where multiple subclasses inherit from a single parent class. Important concepts are the superclass that contains shared properties and methods, the subclass that inherits from the superclass and can add its own properties and methods, and interfaces that allow classes to implement multiple sources of functionality achieving a form of multiple inheritance.

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Inheritance

Breakdown of Inheritance for QA Automation Engineers


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Concept that allows new classes (subclasses) to inherit properties and behaviors from existing
classes (superclasses)

⭐ Key Concepts:

Superclass: The parent class containing shared properties and methods

Subclass: The child class inheriting from the superclass and potentially adding its own properties
and methods

Inheritance Hierarchy: A tree-like structure showing inheritance relationships between classes

Extends Keyword: Declares a subclass by following the superclass name with extends

Method Overriding: Subclass redefines a method inherited from the superclass with its own
implementation

Access Modifiers: control the visibility and accessibility of classes, methods, variables, and
constructors

Types? ❓

Public: Members are accessible from anywhere in the program, regardless of package or class

Private: Members are only accessible within the same class. They are hidden from other classes
and packages

Protected: Members are accessible from within the same class, subclasses of that class within
same package

Default (no modifier): Members without any access modifier are accessible within the same
package they are declared in

⭐ Types of Inheritance in JAVA:

Single Inheritance: A subclass inherits from a single parent class, gaining access to its members
and potentially overriding them
Multilevel Inheritance: A subclass inherits from another subclass, forming a chain of inheritance

Hierarchical Inheritance: Multiple subclasses inherit from a single parent class, but not from each
other

Hybrid Inheritance (not directly supported in Java): Combines multiple inheritance techniques like
multilevel and hierarchical. While not directly supported due to potential ambiguity issues known
as "Diamond Problem"

✨ Important (for interviews) ⬇


Interfaces for multiple inheritance: If you need functionality from multiple sources, explore using
interfaces. Unlike classes, a class can implement multiple interfaces effectively achieving a form of
multiple inheritance.

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