Does creating an instance of a subclass, create an instance of it's parent class in Java

Question

Suppose I have a main class Vehicle and it's sub class Car. If i create an instance of car like:

Car honda = new Car();

Does this also create and instance of the Vehicle class aswell?

Well I have the class Vehicle, which contains some methods which all of it's subclasses will use. For now I'm just testing my Car class and was wondering, if a Vehicle instance is also created since Car uses some methods of Vehicle. — RishtarCode47, Dec 02 '20 at 12:39
Does [this](https://stackoverflow.com/q/488727/11200630) help you? — Kalai, Dec 02 '20 at 12:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '20 at 12:39

The expression new Car() will create a single Car instance. Since Car is a subclass of Vehicle, this instance is itself also a Vehicle instance. In particular, your Car instance will have all methods of the Vehicle class.

So, the answer to your question is: Yes, a Vehicle instance is created. But this is the same instance as the Car instance.

Does creating an instance of a subclass, create an instance of it's parent class in Java

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