interface and abstract class

[Shilpa Jain]

Can an abstract class implement an interface?
Thank you

[Thomas Misik]

Shilpa Jain,
I think the answer to that is yes because interfaces are abstract by default. Abstract classes are just templates you design yourself, so I don't see why you couldn't implement an interface (as long as the methods were left unwritten....public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){empty}). Since you are allowed to have non-abstract methods in an abstract class, and interfaces & their methods are assumed to be abstract, I can't see why you couldn't implement them. I could be wrong here, so maybe one of the Java gurus could post a definitive answer.
Regards,
Thomas

[Thomas Misik]

NOTE: abstract methods CAN have regular methods, please disregard the comments on the interface method having to be empty.
Thomas

[Shilpa Jain]

Thank you Thomas