Inheritance Examples

Real-world Examples: Animals

Animal

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Source code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol morphism!in!o"#ect-oriented!programming

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Ellipse

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Rectangle

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Animal

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Static "inding +s. d namic "inding Pol morphism using +irtual methods A"stract "ase class A"ilit o/ "ase class pointers to point to deri+ed class o"#ects

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Re/erences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol morphism!in!o"#ect-oriented!programming Animals : Inheritance coding examples in ,a+a/%<</@ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter/ace!A&=,a+aA&> - ,a+a Inter/aces

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