3.1 Object Hierarchy and Generalization

• Object Hierarchy; a way of organizing objects into families based on their shared characteristics and attributes
• Objects clustered in a category serves as the specifications of that category while the category itself is the generalization of those objects
• Generalization / Specification; hierarchic in nature
• Superclass; More general
• Subclass; More specific
• Inheritance; An object-oriented paradigm instilled on classes/objects that is knows as an 'is a' relationship
• Inheritance; fundamental concepts in OOP that allows us to define a new class based of an existing class
• Superclass; the existing class
• Subclass; new class
• By inheriting from a superclass, the subclass automatically inherits all the attributes and methods of the superclass.
• Inheritance allows us to reuse code and avoid duplication code across multiple classes, leading to more efficient and maintainable implementation.