What is Inheritance in OOP(Object Oriented Programming) ?

• Inheritance is the process by which one object can acquire the properties of another object.

• In reality as Children get properties from Parents. Similarly in OOP(Object Oriented Programming) using inheritance a Child class can extends the data and member from its parent class.

• There are various types of inheritance, based on paradigm and specific language.

1. Single inheritance : Where subclasses inherit the features of one super class. A class acquires the properties of another class.  
   
2. Multiple inheritance: Where one class can have more than one super class and inherit features from all parent classes. 
   
3. Multilevel inheritance : Where a subclass is inherited from another subclass. Hierarchical inheritance: Where one class serves as a superclass (base class) for more than one sub class. 
   
4. Hybrid inheritance: a mix of two or more of the above types of inheritance.

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What is Polymorphism in OOP ?

• Polymorphism (from Greek, meaning “many forms”) is the mechanism that allows one interface/method/function/procedure to access a general class of actions.  
• More generally, the concept of polymorphism is often expressed by the phrase “one interface,  multiple methods.” 
• This means that it is possible to design a generic interface to a group of related activities.

• Polymorphism helps reduce complexity by allowing the same interface to be used to specify a general class of action.

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What do you mean by encapsulation in OOP ?

• Encapsulation is a programming mechanism that binds together code and the data it manipulates and apply restricting access to some of the object's components. 

• In an object-oriented language, it is a language construct that facilitates the bundling of data with the methods or other functions operating on that data. 

• Class (extensible program-code-template for creating objects) is used to ensure encapsulation of data and method in Object Oriented Programming.

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What do you mean by Object-Oriented Programming ?

• Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects which may contain data and code what will operate on the data. 
• Object refers to a particular instance of a class where the object can be a combination of variables, functions, and data structures. 
  
• In OOP the variable declared inside a Class (self defined data type like int, char, float etc is primitive type ) is called Data & the function declared inside a Class is called method. 
• Object-oriented programming took the best ideas of structured programming and combined them with several new concepts. It is a different way of organizing a program. 
  
• Example: In reality everything is object of its class like CAR is an object of CAR class. Any person is an object of Human Class, Mango is an object of Fruit class, Rose is an object of Flower class etc.

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What is Java Bytecode ?

• When a Java program source is compiled, the output of the Java compiler is called bytecode. 
• Many language generate executable code after compilation. 
• In Java the output is converted to a special type of file which is called the bytecode.
• Bytecode is a highly optimized set of instructions designed to be executed by the Java run-time system,which is called the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). 
• Bytecode makes it much easier to run a program in  a wide variety of environments because only the JVM needs to be implemented for each  platform.

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What is Java Applets and Java Servlet ?

Java Applet

• An Java applet is a special kind of small Java program that is designed to be transmitted over the Internet and automatically executed by a Java-compatible web browser. 
• Applet are typically used to display data provided by the server, handle user input, or provide simple functions, such as a loan calculator, that execute locally on client machine, rather than on the server.
• An applet is downloaded on demand, without further interaction with the user. 
• When a user clicks a link that contains an applet, the applet will be automatically downloaded and run in the browser.
  

 Java Servlet:

• A servlet is a small program that executes on a server. 
• Servlets dynamically extend the functionality of a web server and applets dynamically extend the functionality of a web browser. 
• Java spanned both sides of the client/server connection with Applet and Servlet.

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How Java is relates to C, C++ & C# programming language

• Java programming language syntax come from C programming language. 
• Java language object model is adapted from C++ programming language. 
• Java also inherits design philosophy from C/C++.
• Although Java was influenced by C++, it is not an enhanced version of C++. 
• Java has many distinct features than C/C++.
• Microsoft developed the C# (C- Sharp) language after few years of the creation of Java &  C# is closely related to Java.
  
• Many of C#’s features directly parallel Java. 
• Both Java and C# share the same general C++-style syntax, support distributed programming, and utilize the same object model. 
• There are, of course, differences between Java and C#, but the overall “look and feel” of these languages is very similar.

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What is Java (programming language)

• Java is a general-purpose,powerful and versatile computer programming language for developing software  running on mobile devices, desktop computers, and servers.
• Java was developed by a team led by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems. 
• Sun Microsystems was purchased by Oracle in 2010. 
• Originally called Oak,Java was designed in 1991 for use in embedded chips in consumer electronic appliances. 
• In 1995, renamed Java, it was redesigned for developing Web applications.
• The Java programming language is well known for the following reason:
• Java is Simple and easy to learn, 
• Object oriented, 
• Distributed,
• Interpreted, 
• Robust, 
• Secure, 
• Architecture neutral, 
• Portable, 
• High performance, 
• Multi-threaded, and dynamic.

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