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AP Comp Sci A
Superclasses & Subclasses
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class
subclassname
extends
superclassname
{};
With the extend keyword, the
subclass
inherits all methods of the superclass without
duplicating
code.
a
subclass
has access to all the methods of the
superclass
Subclasses cannot
inherit
the superclass's constructors.
super()
; Calls the
no-argument contructor
of the
superclass.
Java instantly does it in the
subclass's constructor's.
If you call
super
(); With or without parameters, it must be the
first
line
of the
body
of the
constructor.