Re: why is multiple inheritance not implemented in java?
Sreenivas wrote:
why is multiple inheritance not implemented in java? though it is a
feature in c++.
what r the problems associated with multiple inheritance?
Thanks in advance..
Multiple inheritance is a thorny problem. The largest problems are
resolution of incompatible type names (e.g., void foo(), int foo()) and
the so-called diamond problem, where one class inherits another by way
of two separate classes. The dilemma here cannot be very well resolved
in all possible cases for reasons that Wikipedia is much better at
explaining. C++ tends to take the attitude of "allow all possible
solutions," which Java does not import from C++.
Java does allow the use of multiple inheritance through the use of
interfaces, the design of which invalidates the diamond problem, since
the interface only specifies a contract that a class must obey and not
an implementation to be inherited.
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