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Java OOPS : What is Inheritance?

Inheritance is the process by which objects of one class acquire the properties of objects of another class.
  • A class that is inherited is called a superclass.
  • The class that does the inheriting is called a subclass.
  • Inheritance is done by using the keyword extends.
  • The two most common reasons to use inheritance are:
  • To promote code reuse
  • To use polymorphism