title: why java does not support multiple inheritance
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2515477/why-there-is-no-multiple-inheritance-in-java-but-implementing-multiple-interface">Why there is no multiple inheritance in Java, but implementing multiple interfaces is allowed</a>  </p>
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  <p>hi all, I am new to java and when I am try to use multiple inheritance concept in java its showing a compile time error.Why java does not support it.I heard about interface key word but 
  do not know why java support it directly. please help me in this and explain.</p>