6. UML diagram: Inheritance

A key property of OOP is inheritance. The diagram below shows the superclass 'train journey' as having two derived classes namely a freight train and a passenger train.

class inheritance in an UML diagram

Inheritance is shown as an open arrow between the diagrams. Both freight and passenger class have the data and methods of train journey and they also have their own unique data and methods. You can also show the lines as a tree structure as shown below

UML tree

 

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