The document discusses inheritance in Java, defining it as a mechanism to create new classes from existing ones, with the parent class referred to as the super class and the new class as the subclass. Various forms of inheritance are outlined, including specialization, specification, construction, extension, limitation, and combination. The document emphasizes the advantages of inheritance, such as code reusability and the principle of substitutability.
The document discusses inheritance in Java, defining it as a mechanism to create new classes from existing ones, with the parent class referred to as the super class and the new class as the subclass. Various forms of inheritance are outlined, including specialization, specification, construction, extension, limitation, and combination. The document emphasizes the advantages of inheritance, such as code reusability and the principle of substitutability.