Polymorphism in OOP
Explore the concept of polymorphism in object-oriented programming with Java. Learn how to design classes like Shape, Rectangle, and Circle that override methods to calculate areas uniquely. Understand how polymorphism enables managing diverse objects through a shared interface for more flexible and maintainable code.
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What if we want our derived class to inherit a method from the base class and have a different implementation for it? That is when polymorphism, a fundamental concept in the OOP paradigm, comes into play.
Example
Here we consider the example of a Shape class, which is the base class while many shapes like Rectangle and Circle extending from the base class are derived classes. ...