Single inheritance and multiple inheritance How to use the extends keyword in Java Understanding Java class hierarchy When to use method overriding vs. method overloading Inheritance can descend ...

Many mistakenly assume that interfaces only sidestep Java’s failure to support multiple implementation inheritance. In reality, that workaround is only a side-effect of interface usage ...

Neither of the two "big" programming languages to come out in the last few years, Java or C#, make use of multiple implementation inheritance, providing only interface inheritance. Delphi is of ...

Java's open inheritance model can feel like an open invitation to unintended extensions. The problem becomes especially poignant when a switch statement or a nesting of if statements assumes that a ...