inheritance

Java Inheritance

Inheritance allows one class to acquire the properties and methods of another class. The class that is inherited from is called the parent class or superclass, while the class that inherits is called the child class or subclass.

Basic Inheritance Example

class Animal {
    void sound() {
        System.out.println("Animal makes a sound");
    }
}

class Dog extends Animal {
    void sound() {
        System.out.println("Dog barks");
    }
}

public class InheritanceExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Animal myDog = new Dog();  // Creating an object of the subclass
        myDog.sound();  // Calls the Dog's sound method
    }
}

In this example, the Dog class inherits from the Animal class. The sound() method is overridden in the Dog class.