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# Configuring Inheritance for a Child (Branch or Leaf) Class Descriptor

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Inheritance describes how a derived (child) class inherits the characteristics of its superclass (parent). When you designate a class as a child, you must also specify the descriptor that represents the child's parent in your inheritance hierarchy.

Table: Descriptor Support for Fetch Group Configuration summarizes which descriptors support child inheritance configuration.

Descriptor Support for Child Inheritance Configuration

Descriptor | Using TopLink Workbench | Using Java
--- | --- | ---
Relational Descriptors |  |
Object-Relational Descriptors |  |
EIS Descriptors |  |
XML Descriptors |  |

For more information about inheritance, see "Descriptors and Inheritance".

For more information about configuring inheritance for a parent (root) class descriptor, see "Configuring Inheritance for a Parent (Root) Descriptor".