Java is influenced by C and C++, so it has many similarities with those languages (and C#). One of the big advantages of Java is that it is “platform independent.” This means that code you ...

A Java class inherits these methods and can override any method that’s not declared final. For example, the non- final toString() method can be overridden, whereas the final wait() methods cannot.

Extension and specialization inheritance are two viewpoints of inheritance that are usually at odds; i.e., to fully support extension inheritance one should sacrifice specialization inheritance and ...