Scala for the Impatient

Chapter 8. Inheritance

Topics in This Chapter

• 8.1 Extending a Class — page 85

• 8.2 Overriding Methods — page 86

• 8.3 Type Checks and Casts — page 87

• 8.4 Protected Fields and Methods — page 88

• 8.5 Superclass Construction — page 88

• 8.6 Overriding Fields — page 89

• 8.7 Anonymous Subclasses — page 91

• 8.8 Abstract Classes — page 91

• 8.9 Abstract Fields — page 91

• 8.10 Construction Order and Early Definitions — page 92

• 8.11 The Scala Inheritance Hierarchy — page 94

• 8.12 Object Equality — page 95

• Exercises — page 96

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