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Re: Really simple question

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From: Tom Davies
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 00:00
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Pete Blacker wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> How do you define an abstract class. The code I've got at the moment
> looks like this
> 
> -----------
> package Kernel;
> 
> public class MyClass
> {
> public abstract boolean Save(FileWriter File);
> }
> -----------
> 
> This produces the error class Kernel.MyClass must be declared abstract.
> In C++ you declared any virtual function as pure and the class became
> abstract. How does this work in Java?
> Thanks.
> 
> Pete Blacker

Same way you declare an abstract method -- use the abstract modifier,
i.e.:

public abstract class MyClass { ... }

By the way, if you have an abstract class which has *only* abstract
methods you should probably make it an interface.

Tom
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