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Why to use inheritance when import is sufficient

807606Feb 26 2007 — edited Feb 26 2007
The import directive tells the compiler where to look for the class definitions when it comes upon a class that it cannot find in the default java.lang package. After an import statement has been included in our program we can use the methods related to that class as required and we are not required to give the fully qualified names.

In inheritance we extend a base class into a derived class so that the features and methods of the base class are available in the derived class which facilitates reusability. As per my understanding the same thing is facilitated by import statements. If it is so, why are we using inheritance if it can be done with the use of import statements?
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