[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

class hierarchy
     
         a set of classes and their interrelationships.
     
        one class may be a specialisation a "subclass" or "derived
        class" of another which is one of its "superclasses" or
        "base classes".
     
        when a method is invoked on an object it is first looked
        for in the object's class, then the superclass of that class,
        and so on up the hierarchy until it is found.  thus a class
        need only define those methods which are specific to it, and
        inherits methods from all its superclasses.
     
        see also: multiple inheritance.
     
        1997-08-06
     
     
see also:
classes subclass derived class superclasses base classes method 
object multiple inheritance 

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