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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