Inheritance in Java

When you start learning ABCD of Java,surely you will see this(Inheritance) keyword . If you come from C++,then you know what is inheritance. However there is some difference between in inheritance in c++ and inheritance in Java. When we proceed through this blog, i will explain .

First of all, inheritance means accessing properties of parent class in child class.Inheritance can be acheived by using extends Class_Name in front of the child class . Ex. class Child extends Parent .

Some important points about inheritance in Java

• You can only access public ,default,protected member variables and methods in child class.
• You can not access private members of parent class.
• Class constructor does not inherits.
• You can not inherit member variables.
• You can override (Overriding and overloading)  the methods of parent class in child class.
• Java does not support multiple inheritance as it leads to diamond problem.
• You can use reference of parent class and can create object of child class.

I am trying to demonstrate the use of inheritance in simple code :

 public class Inheritance {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        Child c=new Child();
        c.printParent();
        c.printChild();
       
    }

}


class Parent
{
    void printParent()
    {
        System.out.println("In parent");
    }
}

class Child extends Parent
{
    void printChild()
    {
        System.out.println("In child");
    }
}

If you think any points are missed the please let me know.