Chapter 9 Inheritance and Polymorphism.ppt

Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Sixth Edition, (c) 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 0-13-222158-6 Chapter 9 Inheritance and Polymorphism Objectives To develop a subclass from a superclass through inheritance (§9.2). To invoke the superclass’s constructors and methods using the super keyword (§9.3). To override methods in the subclass (§9.4). To distinguish differences between overriding and overloading (§9.5). To explore the useful methods (equals(Object), hashCode(), toString(), finalize(), clone(), and getClass()) in the Object class (§9.6, §9.13 optional). To comprehend polymorphism, dynamic binding, and generic programming (§9.7). To describe casting and explain why explicit downcasting is necessary (§9.8). To store, retrieve, and manipulates objects in an ArrayList (§9.9). To implement a Stack class using ArrayList (§9.10). To restrict access to data and methods using the protected visibility modifier (§9.11). To declare constants, unmodifiable methods, and nonextendable classes using the final modifier (§9.12). (Optional) To understand the effect of hiding data fields and static methods (§9.14). (Optional) To initialize data using initialization blocks and to distinguish between instance initialization and static initialization blocks (§9.15). (Optional GUI) To use inheritance in GUI programming (§9.16). Superclasses and Subclasses Are superclass’s Constructor Inherited? Superclass’s Constructor Is Always Invoked Using the Keyword super To call a superclass constructor To call a superclass method CAUTION Constructor Chaining Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Trace Execution Example on the Impact of a Superclass without no-arg Constructor Declaring a Subclass A subclass extends properties and methods from the superclass. You can also: Add new properties Add new methods Override the methods of the superclass Calling Superclass Methods Overridi