A tutorial on the important topic of inheritance in Java — one of the fundamental building blocks of OOP (Object Oriented Programming). (Apologies for the dodgy sound on this video).

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Code for this tutorial:

App.java:

public class App {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Machine mach1 = new Machine();
		
		mach1.start();
		mach1.stop();
		
		Car car1 = new Car();
		
		car1.start();
		car1.wipeWindShield();
		car1.showInfo();
		car1.stop();
		
		
	}

}

Machine.java:

public class Machine {
	
	protected String name = "Machine Type 1";
	
	public void start() {
		System.out.println("Machine started.");
	}
	
	public void stop() {
		System.out.println("Machine stopped.");
	}
}

Car.java:

public class Car extends Machine {
	
	
	@Override
	public void start() {
		System.out.println("Car started");
	}

	public void wipeWindShield() {
		System.out.println("Wiping windshield");
	}
	
	public void showInfo() {
		System.out.println("Car name: " + name);
	}
}

Machine started.
Machine stopped.
Car started
Wiping windshield
Car name: Machine Type 1
Machine stopped.

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