In this tutorial, we will use several classes. these are nomrally shown in a Class Diagram with attributes
and methods
clearly defined.
Below, you can see the Parent and the Child classes side-by-side. Make note of the following:
extends
is used on the first line of each child's class definition to specify the parentsuper
is used in the child's constructor
to enusre that the parent constructor
is executed as the starting point for the child - this ensures inheritanceThis is a development site to gather together teaching materials for AQA A Level Computer Science. It will be changing and being remodelled throughout this year.
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