Inheritance

Why Inheritance? Inheritance lets one class reuse the fields and methods of another. Instead of copying code, you say "this new class is a kind of that existing class." In Java, the keyword extends creates this relationship. The class being extended is the sup

8 lessons, each with runnable code in the browser.

1. Extending a Class
2. Calling super() in Constructors
3. Overriding Methods
4. Using super.method()
5. Polymorphism and Dynamic Dispatch
6. Overriding toString()
7. Overriding equals()
8. Is-A Hierarchies in Action

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