CLASS HIERARCHY

❑A class is the stencil from which objects are

created(instantiated), each object has the same structure
and behavior as the class from which it is instantiated.

❑If object obj belongs to class C, obj is a instance of class c.

❑A class is a group of object which have common properties .

❑It is a template or blueprint from which object are created
❑It is a logical entity
❑It cant be physical (No memory space)
❑Class is what you can design and program
object
 An object is an instance of a class .
 Any entity that has state and behavior is known
as an object.
for example, chair , pen ,table etc…
➢ It can be physical or logical.
➢ All the object of a class have same structure
same bunch of operation and attributes.
➢ Each class have its own methords.
❑ This approach to allocating memory to objects is
very wasteful.
❑ The methods of the objects is identical and
each set of ,methods contain only procedural
code
❑ Single set can be shared by all the objects
❑ Each object has its own set of operational
methods in practice they all share the same
physical copy.
Base class
❑ Base class is class from which other classes are
derived.
Derived class
❑ Derived class is a class created or derived from
another existing class .
o Inheritance is a mechanism in which one class
acquires the properties of another class.

o Polymorphism refers to the ability to process

objects differently depending on their data type or
class.