Shape Hierarchy

Objective:

Develop a hierarchy of shape classes demonstrating inheritance and polymorphism in object$-$oriented programming.

Task Overview:

Create a base class named Shape and derive various specific shape classes from it $($e$.$g$.,$ Circle, Rectangle, Triangle$).$ The lab will illustrate how inheritance allows for shared characteristics and behaviors while polymorphism enables specific implementations for different subclasses.

Instructions:

Base Class $-$ Shape:

Create an abstract class Shape with common attributes like color and methods such as area$()$ and perimeter$(),$ which will be overridden in derived classes $($these methods will be abstract$).$

Include an abstract method to display shape information.

Derived Classes:

Implement three derived classes $($e$.$g$.,$ Circle, Rectangle, Triangle$).$

Note $-$ you will need to determine what attributes are appropriate for each class

Each derived class should override the area$()$ and perimeter$()$ methods with specific implementations.

Inheritance:

Demonstrate the use of inheritance where derived classes inherit properties and methods from the Shape class.

Polymorphism:

Implement polymorphism by using a generic Shape reference to interact with derived class objects $($Consider using an Arraylist$)$

Demonstrate how the same method $($like area$())$ can behave differently based on the shape object it's called upon.

Testing:

Create a test driver$/$main method to instantiate different shapes $($Shape class$).$

Display the properties and call the methods of each shape to validate polymorphism and inheritance.