NAMES FOR DANCERS AND OTHER GRACEFUL SOULS ... Posted 19 Jan 96 by Me'ira a.k.a JOYFUL DANCER. kharding@lamar.colostate.edu. Permission granted to publish/distribute. On Doomsday you will be called by your names and the names of your fathers - so choose beautiful [graceful] names! -- The Prophet Muhammed.
The Java programming language supports multiple inheritance of type, which is the ability of a class to implement more than one interface. An object can have multiple types: the type of its own class and the types of all the interfaces that the class implements.
The idea behind inheritance is that you can create new classes that are built on existing classes. When you inherit from an existing class, you reuse (or inherit) its methods and fields and you add new methods and fields to adapt your new class to new situations. This technique is essential in Java programming.