Let's say we have package a and package b, both have many classes, all public.
Now class Cat from package a wants to extend class Animal from package b, is this inheritance legal?
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acdcjunior
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4yes it is inheritance indeed – exexzian May 01 '13 at 02:53
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@Raj, just a note: edited the question so the classes' and packages' names follow the recommended naming convention. – acdcjunior May 01 '13 at 03:05
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Welcome to SO! FYI, you can simply write `a.Cat` to mean "class `Cat` from package `a`". This is very common Java syntax that anyone answering questions here on SO will understand. – Code-Apprentice May 01 '13 at 03:10
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ASure, just import the parent class and extend it.
package a;
import b.Animal;
public class Cat extends Animal {
}
You can skip the import and use the fully qualified class name for Animal as well. But messier.
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Yes. Packages make grouping classes convenient, and non-public and non-private methods and fields are only visible to other members of the same package
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