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Murali Rajendran
Murali Rajendran

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🧬 What Is Inheritance?

1.Inheritance is when one class acquires the properties and behaviors (fields and methods) of another class.
2.It helps you reuse code, avoid duplication, and organize your program logically.
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3.A child class (subclass) can inherit from a parent class (superclass).
4.A class which is inherits from another class. A child class/subclass behave like a parent class or base class.
4.The class that inherits from another class. It can also be called a derived class or extended class.

  1. extends keyword: Used to establish the inheritance relationship. A subclass uses extends to inherit from a superclass.

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