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Does java support hybrid inheritance?
Inheritance is a relation between two classes where one class inherits the properties of the other class. This relation can be defined using the extends keyword as −
public class A extends B{
}The class which inherits the properties is known as sub class or, child class and the class whose properties are inherited is super class or, parent class.
In inheritance a copy of super class members are created in the sub class object. Therefore, using the sub class object you can access the members of the both classes.
Example
class Super{
int a =100;
int b = 200;
public void superDemo(){
System.out.println("This is a method of the super class");
}
}
public class Sub extends Super{
public void subDemo(){
System.out.println("This is a method of the sub class");
}
public static void main(String args[]){
Sub obj = new Sub();
obj.superDemo();
obj.subDemo();
System.out.println(obj.a);
System.out.println(obj.b);
}
}Output
This is a method of the super class This is a method of the sub class 100 200
Types of inheritance
In general, there are five types of inheritance as listed below −
Single inheritance − In this type of inheritance one class inherits the properties of the other class.
Example
public class A{
........
}
public class B extends A{
........
}Multi-level inheritance − In this type of inheritance a class inherits the properties of the other class, which in turn inherits the properties of another.
In other words, when two classes are in inheritance, a third class inherits the child class among them.
Example
public class A{
........
}
public class B extends A{
........
}
public class C extends B{
........
}Hierarchical inheritance − In this type of inheritance one class is inherited by multiple classes.
In other words, in hierarchical inheritance we can have one parent class and n number of child classes.
Example
public class A{
........
}
public class B extends A{
........
}
public class C extends A{
........
}Multiple in heritance − In this type of inheritance one class inherits the properties of multiple classes.
In other words, in multiple inheritance we can have one child class and n number of parent classes.
Example
public class A{
........
}
public class B extends A{
........
}
public class C extends A,B{
........
}But, Java does not support multiple inheritance directly you need to achieve this using interfaces.
Hybrid inheritance − In general, the combination of any two (or more) types of inheritance mentioned above is known as hybrid inheritance.
public class A{
........
}
public class B extends A{
........
}
public class C extends A {
........
}
public class D extends B,C{
........
}Hybrid inheritance in Java
Since Java does not support multiple inheritance, hybrid inheritance is also not possible in Java. Just like multiple inheritance you need to achieve this using interfaces.
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