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title: "What is multiple inheritance? Is it supported by Java?"  
description: "What is multiple inheritance? Is it supported by Java?"  
author: "Mitul Chopra"  
published: 2017-12-18  
updated: 2017-12-18  
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# What is multiple inheritance? Is it supported by Java?

What is [multiple](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2323/handling-multiple-submit-button-in-asp-dot-net-mvc) inheritances? Is it supported by [Java](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1702/introduction-to-java)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hemant Patel

When a child class inherits the property of multiple parent classes, its known as Multiple Inheritance.

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Java is not supported Multiple Inheritance, because if child class inherits the property of multiple parent class, and if multiple parents have the same method name, then at runtime it's difficult to the compiler to decide which method to execute from the child class.

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