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What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
- The mechanism of basing an object or class upon another object or class, retaining similar implementation (correct)
- The process of creating new objects from existing ones
- The act of reusing code without creating new classes
- The method of forming a hierarchy of classes without retaining similar implementation
What does a 'child object' acquire from a 'parent object' through inheritance?
What does a 'child object' acquire from a 'parent object' through inheritance?
- Only properties of the parent object
- All properties, behaviors, constructors, destructors, overloaded operators, and friend functions of the base class
- All properties and behaviors except constructors, destructors, overloaded operators, and friend functions of the base class (correct)
- None of the properties and behaviors of the parent object
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in object-oriented programming?
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in object-oriented programming?
- Create classes built upon existing classes, specify new implementation while maintaining the same behaviors, and reuse code (correct)
- Specify new implementation without maintaining the same behaviors
- Only reuse code without creating new classes
- Create new classes without reusing existing ones
What is retained when creating a 'child object' through inheritance?
What is retained when creating a 'child object' through inheritance?
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What is not acquired by a 'child object' from a 'parent object' through inheritance?
What is not acquired by a 'child object' from a 'parent object' through inheritance?
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