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inheritence vs instanciation? - hsunteik - Feb-18-2017
what is the different between inheritence and instanciation?
They both have same function and uses.
so how are the two used differently?
RE: inheritence vs instanciation? - Ofnuts - Feb-18-2017
(Feb-18-2017, 04:31 AM)hsunteik Wrote: what is the different between inheritence and instanciation?
They both have same function and uses.
so how are the two used differently?
Totally different things.
"inheritance" is defining a new class by modifying/specializing the "base" class. For instance you have a class
Mammal, from which you derive a class Dog, from which you derive a class Labrador. So Labrador inherits from Dog which inherits from Mammal."instanciation" is creating objects ("instances") of the class. Instances of
Labrador are called "Fido", "Snoopy", etc... Note that Fido, is a Labrador, but is also a Dog and a Mammal, so methods defined for Mammal are also available for Dog and Labrador (but of course these class can override said methods to provide their own).