Also, an independent contractor is generally one who has the opportunity to make a profit, or the risk of taking an out-of-pocket loss, while an employee generally does not have that opportunity nor does he take that risk.
Inheritance is the process wherein characteristics are inherited from ancestors. Similarly, in Java, a subclass inherits the characteristics (properties and methods) of its superclass (ancestor). For example, a vehicle is a superclass and a car is a subclass. The car (subclass) inherits all of the vehicleâs properties.
Every class in the APIs is inherited from a class called java.lang.Object. For example, any time you use a JFrame object you're at the end of a long line of inheritance: In Java, when a subclass inherits from a superclass its known as extending the superclass.