Java Object Inheritance - Review

So here's what I think I understand about Object inheritance in Java.

Object Inheritance

• A class that is derived from another class is called a subclass (or child class)

• The class the child class is inherited from is called the super class

• By doing this the child class inherits the public fields and methods from its parent's class.

• All classes in Java inherit from a special type called Object. All the methods available on

Object is available to every class we create so by this we're able to write methods that help us perform actions like show strings we write when we're creating an instance of a class..

toString() - This method is one of the provided methods from Object returns a string representation of the object. Returns a string that represents the object. Subclasses can override this method and that is recommended. toString is a public String method that returns no arguments.

Overriding methods

• To override a method, you simply write a method of the same signature.

• @Override - Using the Override Annotation is best practice.

• The Override Annotation helps the compiler at compile time to understand that doing something dfferent with the exposed method than its default behaviour..

• @Override is nothing more than a hint to the compiler. Overriding is changing the default behaviour of the method. Allows us to perform our own "version" of the method.

e.g.

@Override
public String toString() {
  return "Treet: \"" + mDescription + "\" - @" + mAuthor;
}

How am I doing? :)