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.
Inheritance: The transfer of the characteristics of a class to other classes that are derived from it. Instance: An individual object of a certain class. An object obj that belongs to a class Circle, for example, is an instance of the class Circle. Instantiation: The creation of an instance of a class.