PPT Slide

Inheritance

Natural, hierarchical way of organizing things.

Staff Member

Employee Volunteer

Hourly Salaried

Consultant

Think in terms of “is a” relationships:

An Employee is a Staff Member, as is a Volunteer.

An Hourly worker is a Employee.

A Consultant is a(n) Hourly employee.

(subclass of Hourly)

(subclass of Employee)

(subclass of Staff)

(superclass)