In Hierarchical Inheritance, the multiple child classes inherit the single class or the single class is inherited by multiple child class. The use of inheritance in Java is for the reusability of code and for the dynamic polymorphism (method overriding).
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For instance, we are humans. We inherit certain properties from the class ‘Human’ such as the ability to speak, breathe, eat, drink, etc. We can also take the example of cars. The class ‘Car’ inherits its properties from the class ‘Automobiles’ which inherits some of its properties from another class ‘Vehicles’.
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For example, we defined the Food class, and then several specializations, such as the Meat and Fruit classes . We have also seen that a class hierarchy represents “is-a” relationships. Each instance of a subclass is also an instance of the parent class and all ancestors.
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In hierarchical inheritance, all features that are common in child classes are included in the base class. For example, Physics, Chemistry, Biology are derived from Science class. Similarly, Dog, Cat, Horse are derived from Animal class .
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