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why there is no multiple inheritance in java ,what was the reason behind it?

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to avoid diamond problem of inheritance,java avoided multiple inheritance.Diamond problem : if two classes derive from samae class and another class dervies from these two classes,then there will be ambiguity as to decide whose properties to derive Answered By: shanthi    Date: 2/8/2008 To avoid the ambiguity which is resultant of multiple inheritance implementation. Answered By: MOHAN G KUMAR    Date: 2/11/2008 multiple inheritance is not used in java but we will use interface in java Answered By: ff    Date: 2/11/2008 in case of multiple inheritence,there is more than one superclass.In java,a class can not be subclassed of more than one superclass.For this reason,instead of multiple inheritence,java implements special feature which is interface. Answered By: Supriya Pratihar    Date: 2/15/2008 There is interface in java which provide all the features of multiple inheritance. Answered By: priya    Date: 2/15/2008 Java does not have multiple inheritance because when a sub class is derived from two super class, while referring to the method of the same name the keyword 'super' does not know which method to invoke. Answered By: Anilvaj    Date: 2/20/2008 java don't use the multiple inheritance beacuse there is problem when we drive one class from two super classes then (if both super class have method of same name ) which method we call. to resolve this problem java use Interface . Answered By: vineet    Date: 4/18/2008 to avoid diamond problem of inheritance,java avoided multiple inheritance.Diamond problem : if two classes derive from samae class and another class dervies from these two classes,then there will be ambiguity as to decide whose properties to derive Answered By: brijesh gupta    Date: 5/31/2008 Reduce the complexcity & dimond problem. We can easily get the functionality of multiple inheritance by package Answered By: brijesh gupta    Date: 5/31/2008 © NewInterviewQuestions.com

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