inheritance : Java Glossary

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inheritance: When a class extends a superclass with additional methods and instance variables we say the new class inherits the methods and variables of the superclass. The new class may override some of the superclass’s methods and shadow some of its variables. Not all the inheritance is visible (i.e. available for you to use directly in your subclass), but it is present. Be careful, the inheritance rules for [public/protected/package/private] [static/instance] [method/variable] [abstract/actual] [class/interface] are all different.
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