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What do you mean by inheritance?

  
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January 25, 2006 07:26:16   #1  
samiksc Member Since: October 2005   Contribution: 233    
RE: What do you mean by inheritance?

Inheritance is using a generalized class to derive a more specific functionality without re-writing the existing basic functionality code.

A base class or parent class contains generalized functions. A derived class reuses the base class functions and extends the class by providing new functions suited for its design logic. It also may replace some of base class functions to suit its needs.

For example a shape class may be a parent class and a class triangle derives from it.


 
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