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The class of Java
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The class of Java

by Pravin Jain
August 2010
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
13h 39m
English
Pearson India
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CHAPTER 7

Abstract Classes and Interfaces

In Chapter 6, we have looked at the keyword final, let us now look at another keyword in Java called abstract. The keyword abstract in a sense is opposite of final. It is a modifier only for methods and classes. The modifiers abstract and final cannot be used together. A method or a class cannot be declared to be both abstract and final. A final method prevents overriding, whereas an abstract method promotes overriding. A final class prevents inheritance, whereas an abstract class promotes inheritance.

7.1 ABSTRACT CLASSES AND ABSTRACT METHODS

What is the meaning of declaring a method as abstract. When we declare a method as abstract, then we do not provide an implementation of the method, and the method ...

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