Java Garage

Dude, Where's My Implementation?

An abstract class is a class whose declaration includes the keyword abstract. Based on that definition, you should be able to write the simplest possible abstract class. Okay…geez…I'll do it. How about this:

public abstract class SimplestAbstractClass { }

That meets the definition, and so it compiles.

You might never write an empty class such as this. But there are occasions when you will come across such empty classes; such usage aims to provide a formal organization to an application for later possibilities for extensibility.

The following is also an abstract class:

public abstract SecondAbstractClass {
   public abstract void someMethod();
}

The preceding code declares an abstract class that includes an abstract ...