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MultipleSuperclasses
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Java allows multiple inheritance of classes. This can also be seen in Javadoc, which lists all known subclasses of a class.

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A class can have multiple superclasses

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Here is what's right.

Wait! Javadoc pages show “all known subclasses of a class”. They do not show “all known superclasses”. In Java, a class can only have one superclass.

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