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    Child Class:: The Class That Extends The Features of Another Class Is Known As Child Class, Sub Class or Derived Class

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    Inheritance in object-oriented programming allows a child or derived class to inherit properties and methods from a parent or base class, extending its functionality and reusing code without having to rewrite common behaviors, as demonstrated by an example of a PhysicsTeacher class inheriting attributes and methods from a base Teacher class. The key aspects of inheritance are that the child class takes on an "is-a" relationship with the parent class and can access any non-private members of the parent class without needing to redeclare them.

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    Inheritance in object-oriented programming allows a child or derived class to inherit properties and methods from a parent or base class, extending its functionality and reusing code without having to rewrite common behaviors, as demonstrated by an example of a PhysicsTeacher class inheriting attributes and methods from a base Teacher class. The key aspects of inheritance are that the child class takes on an "is-a" relationship with the parent class and can access any non-private members of the parent class without needing to redeclare them.

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    Inheritance in object-oriented programming allows a child or derived class to inherit properties and methods from a parent or base class, extending its functionality and reusing code without having to rewrite common behaviors, as demonstrated by an example of a PhysicsTeacher class inheriting attributes and methods from a base Teacher class. The key aspects of inheritance are that the child class takes on an "is-a" relationship with the parent class and can access any non-private members of the parent class without needing to redeclare them.

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    INHERITANCE IN OOP:

    The process by which one class acquires the properties(data members) and
    functionalities(methods) of another class is called inheritance. The aim of
    inheritance is to provide the reusability of code so that a class has to write only
    the unique features and rest of the common properties and functionalities can be
    extended from the another class.
    Child Class:
    The class that extends the features of another class is known as child class, sub
    class or derived class.
    Parent Class:
    The class whose properties and functionalities are used(inherited) by another
    class is known as parent class, super class or Base class.
    Inheritance is a process of defining a new class based on an existing class by
    extending its common data members and methods.
    Inheritance allows us to reuse of code, it improves reusability in your java
    application.
    Note: The biggest advantage of Inheritance is that the code that is already
    present in base class need not be rewritten in the child class.
    Syntax: Inheritance in Java
    To inherit a class we use extends keyword. Here class XYZ is child class and class
    ABC is parent class. The class XYZ is inheriting the properties and methods of ABC
    class.

    class XYZ extends ABC


    {
    }
    Inheritance Example
    In this example, we have a base class Teacher and a sub class PhysicsTeacher.
    Since class PhysicsTeacher extends the designation and college properties and
    work() method from base class, we need not to declare these properties and
    method in sub class.
    Here we have collegeName, designation and work() method which are common
    to all the teachers so we have declared them in the base class, this way the child
    classes like MathTeacher, MusicTeacher and PhysicsTeacher do not need to write
    this code and can be used directly from base class.
    class Teacher {
    String designation = "Teacher";
    String collegeName = "Beginnersbook";
    void does(){
    System.out.println("Teaching");
    }
    } // PARENT CLASS ENDS HERE

    public class PhysicsTeacher extends Teacher{


    //CHILD CLASS
    String mainSubject = "Physics";

    public static void main(String args[]){


    PhysicsTeacher obj = new PhysicsTeacher();
    System.out.println(obj.collegeName);
    System.out.println(obj.designation);
    System.out.println(obj.mainSubject);
    obj.does();
    }
    }

    Output:

    Beginnersbook
    Teacher
    Physics
    Teaching
    Based on the above example we can say that PhysicsTeacher IS-A Teacher. This
    means that a child class has IS-A relationship with the parent class. This is
    inheritance is known as IS-A relationship between child and parent class

    Example:

    As displayed in the above figure, Programmer is the subclass and Employee is the
    superclass. Relationship between two classes is Programmer IS-A Employee.It
    means that Programmer is a type of Employee.

    class Employee{

    float salary=40000;

    class Programmer extends Employee{

    int bonus=10000;

    public static void main(String args[]){

    Programmer p=new Programmer();


    System.out.println("Programmer salary is:"+p.salary);

    System.out.println("Bonus of Programmer is:"+p.bonus);

    Output:
    Programmer salary is:40000.0
    Bonus of programmer is:10000

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