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.
In the above example, an abstract class is declared with one implemented method and three unimplemented methods. A class inheriting from this class would have to implement the Wash, Rinse, and Spin methods. The following example shows what the implementation of this class might look like: Copy.