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Java

Polymorphis
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Polymorphism means "many forms", and it occurs when we have
many classes that are related to each other by inheritance.
Like we specified in the previous chapter; Inheritance lets us
inherit attributes and methods from another class.

Polymorphism uses those methods to perform different tasks.


This allows us to perform a single action in different ways.
For example, think of a superclass called Animal that has a
method called animalSound(). Subclasses of Animals could be
Pigs, Cats, Dogs, Birds - And they also have their own
implementation of an animal sound (the pig oinks, and the cat
meows, etc.):
} ..
Example

class Animal {
public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The animal makes a sound");
}
}

class Pig extends Animal {


public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The pig says: wee wee"); Remember
}
from
}
the Inheritan
class Dog extends Animal { ce
public void animalSound() { Chapter that
System.out.println("The dog says: bow wow");
}
}
we use
}
the extends
keyword to
inherit from
Class Main {
Now we can create Pig and Dog objects and
public call void main(String[] args) {
static
Animal myAnimal = new Animal(); // Create a
the animalSound() method on both of them:
Animal object
Animal myPig = new Pig(); // Create a Pig
class Animal { object
public void animalSound() { Animal myDog = new Dog(); // Create a Dog
System.out.println("The animal makes a sound"); object
} myAnimal.animalSound();
} myPig.animalSound();
myDog.animalSound();
class Pig extends Animal { }
public void animalSound() { }
System.out.println("The pig says: wee wee");
}
} Now we can create Pig and Dog objects and call
the animalSound() method on both of them:
class Dog extends Animal {
public void animalSound() {
System.out.println("The dog says: bow wow");
}
}
Why And When To Use
"Inheritance" and
"Polymorphism"?
- It is useful for code
reusability: reuse attributes
and methods of an existing
class when you create a new
class.

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