Inheritance in VB.NET

In VB.NET inheritance, a class can inherit properties, methods, and events from another class, referred to as the base class or parent class. The class that inherits from the base class is called a child class. Inheritance allows you to create a hierarchy of classes, promoting code reuse and a more organized code structure.

To demonstrate inheritance in VB.NET, let’s create an example with a base class, Animal, and two derived classes, Dog and Cat:

Public Class Animal
    Public Property Name As String
Talk
    Public Overridable Function Talk() As String
        Return "animal noise"
    End Function
End Class

The Dog class will inherit from the Animal class:

Public Class Dog Inherits Animal
    Public Property Breed As String
    Public Overrides Function Talk() As String
    ...