Inheritance in C#

Learn the fundamentals of inheritance in C#, including base and derived classes, with clear examples.

What is Inheritance?

Inheritance is an object-oriented concept that allows a class, called the derived class, to acquire the properties and behaviors of another class, called the base class.

Base and Derived Classes

A derived class is created using a colon followed by the base class name, and it automatically gains access to the non-private members of that base class.

The base Keyword

The base keyword is used inside a derived class to access members of the base class, such as calling a base class constructor or an overridden method.

Benefits of Inheritance

Inheritance promotes code reuse and establishes a natural hierarchy between related classes, making it easier to extend and maintain large codebases.