In Java, multiple inheritance is not supported through classes. This is primarily to avoid the complexity and ambiguity caused by the diamond problem, which occurs when a class inherits from two classes that have a method with the same signature.

Understanding the Limitation

Java allows a class to inherit from only one class at a time, which is known as single inheritance. However, Java provides a workaround for multiple inheritance through the use of interfaces. An interface can extend multiple other interfaces, and a class can implement multiple interfaces, which allows the class to inherit the abstract methods from multiple sources.

Here's an example to illustrate the concept of multiple inheritance using interfaces in Java: