What is inheritance in Java programming?

Java supports the following four types of inheritance:

Java Inheritance Example

Inheritance is the capability of one class to inherit capabilities or properties from another class in Java . 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.

Inheritance is one of the key features of OOP that allows us to create a new class from an existing class . The new class that is created is known as subclass (child or derived class) and the existing class from where the child class is derived is known as superclass (parent or base class).