Tag: why java doesn’t support multiple inheritance

Which type of inheritance is most suitable for inheriting Same syllabus into different colleges with different streams? Explanation: When hierarchical inheritance is used, the common syllabus can be adopted into different college classes where the same syllabus is applicable.

Java supports only Single, Multilevel, and Hierarchical types of inheritance . Java does not support Multiple and Hybrid inheritance.

The reason behind this is to prevent ambiguity. Consider a case where class B extends class A and Class C and both class A and C have the same method display(). Now java compiler cannot decide, which display method it should inherit. To prevent such situation, multiple inheritances is not allowed in java.

Here are the different types of inheritance in Java: