As an example, Figure 1 shows car and truck ... and methods from another class by extending that class. Java doesn’t support multiple inheritance through class extension, however.

Now let’s try the same example using composition ... Unlike some languages, such as C++, Java does not allow multiple inheritance with classes. You can use multiple inheritance with interfaces ...

4. Multiple Inheritance (Not Supported in Java): Multiple inheritance involves a subclass inheriting properties and behaviors from two or more superclasses. Java does not support multiple inheritance ...

Its very ambiguous to figure out the correct method call. It makes the structure too complex. The cost of complexity is too high. So to avoid complexity it finds in better to avoid using multiple ...

The fact that Java does not support multiple inheritance is one reason why ... recombination and light inheritance. The design pattern is a classic example, in which composition and delegation are ...

Abstract: This paper provides an example that illustrates parts of the software life cycle processes of specification, refinement and implementation for the use of inheritance in an object-oriented ...