Category: OOP Faqs

Runtime polymorphism or dynamic polymorphism (dynamic binding) is a type of polymorphism which is resolved during runtime. An example of runtime polymorphism is method overriding.

Static polymorphism (static binding) is a kind of polymorphism that occurs at compile time. An example of compile-time polymorphism is method overloading.

Polymorphism refers to the ability to exist in multiple forms. Multiple definitions can be given to a single interface. For example, if you have a class named Vehicle, it can have a method named speed but you cannot define it because different vehicles have different speed. This method will be defined in the subclasses with…

A class that inherits from another class is called the subclass. For example, the class Car is a subclass or a derived of Vehicle class.

A superclass or base class is a class that acts as a parent to some other class or classes. For example, the Vehicle class is a superclass of class Car.

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Hierarchical inheritance refers to inheritance where one base class has more than one subclasses. For example, the vehicle class can have ‘car’, ‘bike’, etc as its subclasses.

Hybrid inheritance is a combination of multiple and multi-level inheritance.

Multiple Inheritance Multilevel Inheritance Multiple inheritance comes into picture when a class inherits more than one base class Multilevel inheritance means a class inherits from another class which itself is a subclass of some other base class Example: A class defining a child inherits from two base classes Mother and Father Example: A class describing…