Creating an Object
To see a working example of classes and inheritance, in the next project you create classes that represent two types of objects: cable modems, which are implemented as the CableModem class, and DSL modems, which are implemented as the DslModem class. The workshop focuses on simple attributes and behavior for these objects:
• Each object should have a speed that it can display.
• Each object should be able to connect to the Internet.
One thing that cable modems and DSL modems have in common is that they both have a speed. Because this is something they share, it can be put into a class that is the superclass of both the CableModem and DslModem classes. Call this class Modem. In NetBeans, create a new empty Java class called ...
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