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single inheritance

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single inheritance has definition Inheritance from only one superclass added by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:37:55.0
is a subtopic of Inheritance
is a kind of inheritance source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:55.0
results in simpler systems than multiple inheritance

inheritance has advantages
it parallels natural categories
it prevents avoidable duplication and simplifies maintenance
it avoids introducing bugs into previously debugged code
2001-10-19 11:36:54.0
has purpose code reuse
occurs automatically once you have defined which classes are superclasses and which classes are their subclasses 2001-10-19 11:36:55.0

single inheritance	has definition Inheritance from only one superclass
	is a subtopic of Inheritance
	is a kind of inheritance
	results in simpler systems than multiple inheritance
inheritance	has advantages it parallels natural categories it prevents avoidable duplication and simplifies maintenance it avoids introducing bugs into previously debugged code
	has purpose code reuse
	occurs automatically once you have defined which classes are superclasses and which classes are their subclasses