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 is the ability to define a new class that is a modified version of an existing class. It is called âinheritanceâ because the new class inherits the methods of the existing class. Extending this metaphor, the existing class is called the parent and the new class is called the child. As an example, letâs say we want a class to represent a âhand,â that is, the set of cards held by one player.