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What is the main purpose of inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is the main purpose of inheritance in object-oriented programming?
- To create new classes without using existing ones
- To limit the behaviors of classes
- To reuse code and extend existing classes (correct)
- To restrict the use of interfaces
What types of classes can be derived from existing ones through inheritance?
What types of classes can be derived from existing ones through inheritance?
- Sub classes (correct)
- Private classes
- Abstract classes
- Static classes
What is one exception of a child object acquiring properties and behaviors from a parent object through inheritance in C++?
What is one exception of a child object acquiring properties and behaviors from a parent object through inheritance in C++?
- Data members
- Static methods
- Member functions
- Constructors (correct)
What does a child object acquire from a parent object in inheritance?
What does a child object acquire from a parent object in inheritance?
In most class-based object-oriented languages like C++, what is the purpose of inheritance?
In most class-based object-oriented languages like C++, what is the purpose of inheritance?