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7.2 Overriding — override describe in Cat

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Task

Write Cat extends Animal that overrides describe() so it returns the name followed by " is a cat" instead of the inherited text.

Mark it with @Override. The program prints Whiskers is a cat.

Your solution

class Animal {
    private String name;

    public Animal(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public String describe() {
        return name + " is an animal";
    }
}

class Cat extends Animal {
    // constructor with super, then OVERRIDE describe()

}

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Cat c = new Cat("Whiskers");
        System.out.println(c.describe());
    }
}

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