inheritance - Is it possible to extend Methods in Java? -

i know possible in java:

public class animal {...} 

and

public class dog extends animal {...} 

then can write whatever dog methods can access animal method.

however, wondering there way extend methods

for example

public void generateanimal() {...} 

and

public void generatedog() extends generateanimal() {...} 

but not passing compiler. question is:

is possible inherit methods in java?

yes.

public class animal {    public void someaction() {       system.out.println("from animal class");    } }  public class dog extends animal {    public void someaction() {       super.someaction();       system.out.println("from dog class");    } }  public class main {    public static void main(string[] args){       animal dog = new dog();       dog.someaction();   } } 

output:

from dog class animal class 

so extend functionality of method, better use composition instead of inheritance.