Difference between Inheritance and Composition

Question

Are Composition and Inheritance the same? If I want to implement the composition pattern, how can I do that in Java?

Answer 1

Inheritance brings out IS-A relation. Composition brings out HAS-A relation. Strategy pattern explain that Composition should be used in cases where there are families of algorithms defining a particular behaviour.
Classic example being of a duck class which implements a flying behaviour.

public interface Flyable{
 public void fly();
}

public class Duck {
 Flyable fly;

 public Duck(){
  fly = new BackwardFlying();
 }
}

Thus we can have multiple classes which implement flying eg:

public class BackwardFlying implements Flyable{
  public void fly(){
    Systemout.println("Flies backward ");
  }
}
public class FastFlying implements Flyable{
  public void fly(){
    Systemout.println("Flies 100 miles/sec");
  }
}

Had it been for inheritance, we would have two different classes of birds which implement the fly function over and over again. So inheritance and composition are completely different.