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In this chapter we'll look at inheritance in Scala: how you create subclasses and override methods, the Scala equivalent of interfaces and abstract classes, and the mechanisms Scala offers for mixing in reusable behavior. We'll finish by discussing how to pick between all the options.
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Since Scala 2.12, anonymous classes can be converted into Java SAMs automatically.
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Weston, T. (2018). Inheritance. In: Scala for Java Developers. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3108-1_11
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