Abstract class

[satya sahu]

Can there be an abstract class with no abstract methods in it?
If the answer is yes, then what is the use of such class?

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Originally posted by satya sahu:
Can there be an abstract class with no abstract methods in it?
If the answer is yes, then what is the use of such class?

abstract class can have non-abstract methods only.

If the answer is yes, then what is the use of such class?

answare:abstract methods do not have body

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[Ankit Garg]

yes there can be abstract class with no abstract methods in it....

there can be one use of it....if you don't want someone to create instances of your class without extending it.....I think this is the only use but I don't think we need this kind of thing in real life....

[Vijitha Kumara]

Yes it's fine to declare a class as abstract with no abstract methods in it. By doing so it is not possible to instantiate an object from that class but extends it. That's the only usage I see. May be someone else has a better idea.

[Amit Ghorpade]

Originally posted by seetharaman venkatasamy:
abstract class can have non-abstract methods only.

Its wrong, abstract class can have both abstract as well as non abstract methods.

As pointed out by Ankit, use of such class is to let others extend it before making its instances.One such well known class is the javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.

Hope this helps

[Campbell Ritchie]

I don't think that is actually a mistake, Amit, but ambiguous grammar.

[Amit Ghorpade]

Can't say for sure but lets say its grammar problem (since its posted by a SCJP )