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title: "Why multiple inheritance is not supported in java?"  
description: "Why multiple inheritance is not supported in java?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-02-23  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2341/why-multiple-inheritance-is-not-supported-in-java  
category: "java"  
tags: ["inheritance"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why multiple inheritance is not supported in java?

To reduce the complexity and simplify the language, multiple inheritance is not supported in java in case of class.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

In some scenarios multiple inheritance led to **diamond problems** which create ambiguities during program execution. In-spite of this Java support multi-level inheritance

### Answer by Anonymous User

To reduce the complexity and simplify the language, multiple inheritance is not supported in java in case of class.


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