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Comments on What's the difference between Inheritance and Polymorphism?

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What's the difference between Inheritance and Polymorphism?

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I'm using Java code as an example, but this can be answered if you don't know Java.
class Bird{
      public void sing(){
          System.out.println("Testing");
      }
}

class anClass extends Bird{
      public void sing(){    //If I remove the method than, `c.sing()` in main method (Polymorphism class) will print,"Testing"
          System.out.println("Testing second time");
      }
}

public class Polymorphism{
     public static void main(String[] args){
         Bird b = new Bird();
         b.sing();    //will print,"Testing"
         anClass c = new anClass();
         c.sing();   //will print,"Testing second time"
     }
}
class numberOne{
      public int add(int a, int b){
          return a+b;
      }
}

class numberTwo extends numberOne{
      public int sub(int a, int b){
          return a-b;
      }
}

public class Inheritance{
     public static void main(String[] args){
         numberTwo b = new numberTwo();
         b.add(5,3);    //will print,"8"
         c.sub(10,4);   //will print,"6"
     }
}

I had studied OOP, inheritance and polymorphism before, but I could never really get it.

In the examples above, I noticed that in the polymorphism examples, the methods don't return a value, while in the inheritance examples, they do. Would that be the difference between those two concepts?

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"returning values in Inheritance" ... What? o.O? (1 comment)
"returning values in Inheritance" ... What? o.O?
elgonzo‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago

Did you possibly misread/misheard "returning values by instance"? I feel like you confused the terms "instance" vs. "inheritance". Aside from this possible confusion, there is this website that gives an overview of the general meaning of the terms you are asking about. The name of that website: Wikipedia. (I mean, what's the point of spending time answering if referring to Wikipedia would suffice just as well...)