NotInherited.java

//A.java
class A {
   private int i;
   public String toString() { return ""+ i; }
}
// B.java
class B extends A {}
// Main.java
class Main {
   public static void main( String [] args ) {
      System.out.println( new B().toString() );
    }
}
// Compile all the files
javac A.java B.java Main.java
// Run Main
java Main
// Outout is 0 as expected as B is using the A 'toString' definition
0

// Change A.java
class A {
   public String toString() {
      return "Nothing here";
   }
}
// Recompile ONLY A.java
javac A.java
java Main
// B wasn't modified and yet it shows a different behaviour, this is not due to 
// inheritance but the way Java loads the class
Output: Nothing here