What are the different types of Inheritance in c++?

Single Inheritance: In single inheritance, a class is allowed to inherit from only one class according to data structures in c++.. i.e. one subclass is inherited by one base class only.

                    
 Syntax:

 class sub_class : access_mode base_class
 {
     //body of subclass
 };
                    

Example:
// base class 
class Vehicle { 
    public: Vehicle() { 
        cout << "This is a Vehicle" << endl; 
    } 
}; 
// sub class derived from two base classes 
class Car: public Vehicle { }; 

// main function 
int main() {       
// creating object of sub class will invoke the constructor of base classes     
Car obj;
return 0; }
Output:

This is a vehicle

Multiple Inheritance: In this type of inheritance a single derived class may inherit from two or more than two base classes. The constructors of inherited classes are called in the same order in which they are inherited.

                    
Syntax :

class sub_class : access_mode base_class1, base_class2
{
   //body of subclass
};
                                      

Example :

class A {
  public:
  A() { 
       cout << "A's constructor called" << endl; 
      }
  };

  class B {
    public:
    B() { 
         cout << "B's constructor called" << endl; 
        }
   };

  class C: public B, public A {  // Note the order
    public:
    C() {
         cout << "C's constructor called" << endl; 
         }
    };

  int main() {
     C c;
     return 0;
  }

                    

Output:
B’s constructor called
A’s constructor called
C’s constructor called

Multilevel Inheritance: In this type of inheritance, a derived class is created from another derived class.Example:

 class A {
    public:
    A() {
         cout << "A's constructor called" << endl;
        }
    };

    class B : public A {
       public:
       B() { 
            cout << "B's constructor called" << endl; 
            }
       };

    class C: public B {
      public:
      C() { 
          cout << "C's constructor called" << endl; 
          }
      };    

    int main() {
       C c;
       return 0;
   }
             

Output:
A’s constructor called
B’s constructor called
C’s constructor called

Hierarchical Inheritance: In this type of inheritance more than one subclass inherits from a single base class.

Example:

// base class 
class A { 
    public: 
    A() { 
       cout<<"This is A’s constructor"<< endl; 
    } 
}; 
// first sub class 
class B: public A { }; 

// second sub class 
class C: public A { }; 

// main function 

int main() {    
    /* creating object of sub class will invoke the constructor of base class */
  B obj1;
  C obj2;
 return 0; 
} 

Output:

This is A’s constructor
This is B’s constructor

Hybrid Inheritance: It a combination of Hierarchical and Multilevel Inheritance.Example:

                    
// base class
class A {
    public:
    A() {
         cout << "This is A" << endl;
        }
  };

//base class 
class B {
    public:
    B() {
         cout<<"This is B " <<endl;
         }
};

// first sub class
class C: public A {
};

// second sub class
class D: public A, public B {
};

// main function   
int main() {  

// creating object of sub class will invoke the constructor of base //class
 D d;
 return 0;
}
                    

Output:
This is A
This is B

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