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Understanding Java Inheritance Concepts

The document discusses inheritance in Java, explaining how a child class can acquire properties and methods from a parent class using the 'extends' keyword. It also covers the 'super' keyword, which is used to reference the parent class and invoke its constructor. Additionally, it notes that the Object class is the default parent class for all Java classes.

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Understanding Java Inheritance Concepts

The document discusses inheritance in Java, explaining how a child class can acquire properties and methods from a parent class using the 'extends' keyword. It also covers the 'super' keyword, which is used to reference the parent class and invoke its constructor. Additionally, it notes that the Object class is the default parent class for all Java classes.

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Inheritance

IFTEKHARUL
ABEDEEN
Contents

● Inheritance
● super keyword
● Object class
Inheritance
01
Inheritance

● The process of acquiring properties one


object by another.
● It helps forming new classes using other
classes that have already been defined.
● The new class (child), take over (inherit)
attributes and methods of an existing
class (parent).
Java

● ‘extended’ keyword is used to show the


relationship

● The class that is extended is superclass


aka. parent class, base class, ancestor class

● The class that extends is subclass


aka. child class, derived class, extended class
Java

An object created from the subclass has its own copy


of all the non static fields defined in its superclass.
Benefits

● Inheritance supports the concept of hierarchical


classification.

● It helps organizing and structuring our software.

● It helps reuse our code with little to no


modification.
super
02
why?
The super keyword in java is a reference variable
that is
used to refer immediate parent class object.
Java
● Whenever we create an instance of subclass, the
instance of parent class is created implicitly
i.e. referred by super reference variable.

● Usage of super keyword


I. super() is used to invoke immediate parent
class
constructor.
II. super is used to access members of parent
object.
Java
● Usage of super keyword
I. Access parent class’s instance variable if child
has an
instance variable with same name.
II. super is used to access members of parent
object.
note!
If the constructor doesn’t have super(), compiler
will provide super() as the first statement of the
constructor.

And parent constructor is always executed before


child constructor.
Object class
03
Java
● The Object class is the parent class of all
the classes in java by default. In other
words, it is the topmost class of java.

Src. Java Object Class - Javatpoint


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