Polymorphism examples

gistfile1.py

class Document:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def show(self):
        raise NotImplementedError("Subclass must implement abstract method")

class Pdf(Document):
    def show(self):
        return 'Show pdf contents!'

class Word(Document):
    def show(self):
        return 'Show word contents!'

documents = [Pdf('Document1'),
             Pdf('Document2'),
             Word('Document3')]

print(type(documents))
for document in documents:
    print (document.name + ': ' + document.show(),type(document))
    
    
 <class 'list'>
Document1: Show pdf contents! <class '__main__.Pdf'>
Document2: Show pdf contents! <class '__main__.Pdf'>
Document3: Show word contents! <class '__main__.Word'>