gistfile1.groovy

/*
	Groovy class inheritence demonstration
*/
class Ancestor {
	def name
	Ancestor() {
		name = "Homo erectus"
	}
	def speak() {
		println "I am " + name
	}
	private def hunt() {
		println "Modern man need not hunt for his food."
	}
}
class ModernMan extends Ancestor {
	ModernMan() {
		name = "Modern man"
	}
}
myAncestor = new Ancestor()
myAncestor.speak()
myAncestor.hunt()

me = new ModernMan()
me.speak()