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inheritance
subject			fact

inheritance	has definition The possession by one class of elements defined in another class, by virtue of the fact that the former class is defined to be a subclass of (to extend) the latter
	is a subtopic of 2.5 - Organizing Classes Into Inheritance Hierarchies
	is a kind of subject
	occurs automatically once you have defined which classes are superclasses and which classes are their subclasses

Kinds of inheritance :

• multiple inheritance (6 facts) - Inheritance from more than one superclass
• single inheritance (3 facts)