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Can anybody please explain me what is the difference between composition and inheritance. I would appreciate the help from anybody. Thanks in advance, Prasad Bh.
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Laojar Chuger
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Basically, composition implements the relationship of "has a" and inhertance implements the relationship "is a".
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Composition means that a class is composed of implementations of interfaces instead of inheriting those behaviors from some other class.
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An example of composition is the attribute reference, ie. composition: public class A { AnotherClass B = new AnotherClass(); } inheritance: public class A extends B { } or public class A implements B { }
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Thanks for the replies friends. Best Regards, prasad bhn.
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