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The document provides examples of inheritance in object-oriented programming using animals. In example 1, the classes Dog and Cat inherit from the base class Animal, allowing them to be grouped together. Example 2 shows multiple inheritance with a class inheriting from more than one base class. Example 3 demonstrates inheritance with shapes like Circle and Square inheriting from the base class Shape. The document also discusses concepts like polymorphism, abstract base classes, and interfaces as an alternative to multiple inheritance in Java.

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Inheritance3 PDF

The document provides examples of inheritance in object-oriented programming using animals. In example 1, the classes Dog and Cat inherit from the base class Animal, allowing them to be grouped together. Example 2 shows multiple inheritance with a class inheriting from more than one base class. Example 3 demonstrates inheritance with shapes like Circle and Square inheriting from the base class Shape. The document also discusses concepts like polymorphism, abstract base classes, and interfaces as an alternative to multiple inheritance in Java.

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Inheritance Examples

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Real-world Examples: Animals

Animal

Dog Cat

Source code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphism_in_object-oriented_programming

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Example #2: Timepieces

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Multiple inheritance
– A derived class can have more than one base class
– Java does not support it – uses “interface” instead.

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Example #3: Shapes

Basic Shape

Circle Polygon Ellipse

Square Rectangle Hexagon

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Example #4: Wireless Telephony
Mobile initiated
message

Registration Call Processing SMS

Origination Page Response

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Value of inheritance?
• Helps us to break software into manageable
pieces
• Existing classes can be morphed to design new
classes – code reuse
• Enables us to group different types of objects
together and do some action on all of them.

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Inheritance Examples in
Java and C++

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Back to Example #1:
Animals

Animal

Dog Cat

Want to group them together &


make them talk?
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Concepts
• Static binding vs. dynamic binding
• Polymorphism using virtual methods
• Abstract base class
• Ability of base class pointers to point to
derived class objects

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Add Human?

Animal Human

Dog Cat

Want to group them together &


make them talk?
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C++

AnimalActions

Animal Human

Dog Cat

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Java: Interface

AnimalActions
Animal

Human
Dog Cat

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Example from Wiki:
Bad use of Inheritance

Whistler

Parrot Human

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Example from Wiki

Parrot Whistler Human

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Concepts
• Interface

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C++

Animal AnimalActions

Dog Cat Human

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Java: Interface

Animal AnimalActions

Human
Dog Cat

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Inheritance Examples in
Java and C++

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References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphism_in_object-oriented_programming -
Animals : Inheritance coding examples in Java/C++/…
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_%28Java%29 – Java Interfaces

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