The first half of this introduction to Java inheritance teaches you how to use the extends keyword to derive a child class from a parent class, invoke parent class constructors and methods, and ...

Though Java prevents multiple inheritance, some circumstances warrant its use. In this article, author Thomas Hammell illustrates a technique for simulating multiple inheritance in a Web-based ...

A method might accept a specific type and its subclasses, but you want to restrict usage to a select few implementations of your own design. Java's open inheritance model can feel like an open ...