Java developers can use inheritance for reusable code by creating a base class (superclass) with common properties and behaviors, and then creating subclasses (derived classes) that inherit from ...

To use polymorphism in Java, you create a superclass or interface defining common properties for related classes. Subclasses inherit these hese. For instance, consider a superclass `Animal` with ...

Java Reflection provides a lot of information about a given class at runtime; you can easily know all its super classes, implemented interfaces, methods, constructors, fields, and so on. But in ...

This repository provides a demonstration of Java's abstract and concrete classes, methods, and inheritance. It includes examples showcasing abstract classes with abstract methods, concrete ...

At JavaZone 2010 I will be giving a lightning talk on APIs that use dynamic subclasses. These APIs make it possible to do things in Java that seem like pure magic. Here are some ideas of what you ...