An abstract base class may have member variables. Whether or not it actually needs member variables depends on the nature of the base class itself. If the variable is common to all derived classes, then it makes sense to place the variable in the base class. If some derived classes have no need of the variable, then it is better to derive an intermediate class with the variable, and to derive those classes that require that variable from the intermediate class, rather than directly from the abstract class.
Yes an abstract class can inherit from another abstract class but all the methods of the base abstract class must be abstract.
An abstract class cannot have a constructor and hence you cannot invoke the constructor of the class - i.e., you can instantiate an abstract class and hence you cannot call the constructor of an abstract class.
Abstract class is built to promote inheritance whereas a final class is built to avoid inheritanceAn Abstract class can be extended by another class whereas a final class cannot be extended
Yes. An Abstract class cannot be instantiated.
Static member variables are local to the class. That is, there is only one instance of a static member variable, regardless of how many objects are instantiated from the class. As such, they must be declared inside the class, and defined outside of the class.
Any class which has one or more abstract methods is called an abstract class. But in the normal class we can't have any abstract methods. We cannot create an object for the abstract classes. When we inherit the abstract class we should implement the abstract method which we inherit.
An abstract class cannot have a constructor and hence you cannot invoke the constructor of the class - i.e., you can instantiate an abstract class and hence you cannot call the constructor of an abstract class.
Abstract class is built to promote inheritance whereas a final class is built to avoid inheritanceAn Abstract class can be extended by another class whereas a final class cannot be extended
The classes which have one or more abstract methods are abstract. To declare a class as abstract, use the abstract keyword in front of the class keyword, before the class declaration. Abstract classes cannot be instantiated. Similarly the new keyword cannot be used to create an object of the abstract class. Remember that the constructors and static variables cannot be declared as abstract. Any subclass of an abstract class must either implement all of the abstract methods in the superclass or be itself declared abstract.
A static member variable is local to the class rather than to an object of the class.
None. Because an abstract class cannot be instantiated.
Yes. An Abstract class cannot be instantiated.
Static member variables are local to the class. That is, there is only one instance of a static member variable, regardless of how many objects are instantiated from the class. As such, they must be declared inside the class, and defined outside of the class.
Any class which has one or more abstract methods is called an abstract class. But in the normal class we can't have any abstract methods. We cannot create an object for the abstract classes. When we inherit the abstract class we should implement the abstract method which we inherit.
You cannot create an instance of an abstract class. For ex: Public abstract AbsTest { … } AbsTest ex = new AbsTest(); Lets say we have a class declaration AbsTest that is abstract and then I try to instantiate it, the compiler will give me an error stating that "An Abstract class cannot be instantiated"
Actually there is no need & most importantly - you cannot create an abstract class without using the abstract keyword
No. The abstract keyword means that you cannot instantiate the class unless you extend it with a subclass. The final keyword means that you cannot create subclasses of that class.Combining them would lead to an unusable class, so the compiler will not let this happen.
True - an instance of an abstract class cannot be created. False - derive (subclass) from a class, not the object (the instance).