Inheritance

Inheritance in java is a mechanism in which one object acquires all the properties and behaviors of parent object.

For Method Overriding (so runtime polymorphism can be achieved).

• For Code Reusability.
  
  
  Syntax :-
  class Subclass-name extends Superclass-name                                         {                                                                                                                                //methods and fields                                                                                                                                    }
  –> The extends keyword indicates that you are making a new class that derives from an existing class. The meaning of “extends” is to increase the functionality.
  
  –> In the terminology of Java, a class which is inherited is called parent or super class and the new class is called child or subclass.
  Type of Inheritance :-
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