INHERITANCE

INHERITANCEmeans

HEREDITY(TRANSFER

QUALITIES/PROPERTIES FROM ONE GENERATION TO

ANOTHER)

AB

CD

AB

ABCD

POP OOP

PROPERTIES OF BASE CLASS X

PROPERTIES OF

FUNCTION X

PROPERTIES FROM BASE CLASS X

PROPERTIES OF DERIVED

CLASS Y

PROPERTIES OF

FUNCTION Y

CLASS X

CLASS Y

FUNCTION X

FUNCTION Y

TYPES OF INHERITANCESINGLE INHERITANCE

MULTIPLE INHERITANCE

HIERARCHICAL INHERITANCE

MULTILEVEL INHERITANCE

HYBRID INHERITANCE

SINGLEINHERITANCE

X

Y

Base Class of

Y

Derived Class of

X

MULTIPLE INHERITANCE

X Y

ZDerived Class of X & Y

Base Classes of Z

HIERARCHICAL INHERITANCEZ

W X YBase

Class of W, X & Y

Derived Classes of Z

MULTILEVEL INHERITANCE

X

Y

Z

Base Class of

Y

Derived Class of X Base Class of Z

Derived Class of

Y

HYBRIDINHERITANCE

W

Y

Y

X Z

A Base Class of

YDerived Class of W, Base Class of X & Z

Derived Classes of Y

SINGLE INHERITANCE

HIERARCHICAL INHERITANCE

X Y

W

Z

X Y

BBase

Class of X & Y

Derived Class of X & Y

HIERARCHICAL

INHER

ITANCE

MULTIPLE

INHERITANCE