Two of the key concepts in object-oriented programming (OOP) are inheritance and composition. While both can help you reuse code, there are key differences between them.

The main idea behind object-oriented programming is as simple as can be: you try to break a program in parts that are as powerful as the whole.

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An introduction to the principles of object-oriented programming. This course covers both object-oriented programming techniques and their application to program design including classes, objects and ...

Databases have no notion of inheritance between entities, so JPA providers like Hibernate must provide special features for defining object-oriented inheritance relationships in the database.