继承（英语：inheritance）是面向对象软件技术当中的一个概念。如果一个类别A「继承自」另一个类别B，就把这个A称为「B的子类别」，而把B称为「A的父类别」也可以称「B是A的超类」。继承可以使得子类别具有父类别的各种属性和方法，而不需要再次编写相同的代码。在令子类别继承父类别的同时，可以重新定义某些属性，并重写某些方法，即覆盖父类别的原有属性和方法，使其获得与父类别不同的功能。另外，为子类别追加新的属性和方法也是常见的做法。 一般静态的面向对象编程语言，继承属于静态的，意即在子类别的行为在编译期就已经决定，无法在运行期扩充。

In object-oriented programming, inheritance is when an object or class is based on another object (prototypal inheritance) or class (class-based inheritance), using the same implementation (inheriting from an object or class) specifying implementation to maintain the same behavior (realizing an interface; inheriting behavior). It is a mechanism for code reuse and to allow independent extensions of the original software via public classes and interfaces. The relationships of objects or classes through inheritance give rise to a hierarchy. Inheritance was invented in 1967 for Simula. The term "inheritance" is loosely used for both class-based and prototype-based programming, but in narrow use is reserved for class-based programming (one class inherits from another), with the corresponding technique in prototype-based programming being instead called delegation (one object delegates to another).