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@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class LearnJava {
// Char - A single 16-bit Unicode character
char fooChar = 'A';
- // final variables can't be reassigned to another object,
+ // final variables can't be reassigned,
final int HOURS_I_WORK_PER_WEEK = 9001;
// but they can be initialized later.
final double E;
@@ -703,15 +703,21 @@ public class ExampleClass extends ExampleClassParent implements InterfaceOne,
// // Method declarations
// }
-// Marking a class as abstract means that it contains at least one abstract
-// method that must be defined in a child class. Similar to interfaces, abstract
-// classes cannot be instantiated, but instead must be extended and the abstract
-// methods defined. Different from interfaces, abstract classes can contain a
-// mixture of concrete and abstract methods. Methods in an interface cannot
-// have a body, unless the method is static, and variables are final by default,
-// unlike an abstract class. Also abstract classes CAN have the "main" method.
+// Abstract Classes cannot be instantiated.
+// Abstract classes may define abstract methods.
+// Abstract methods have no body and are marked abstract
+// Non-abstract child classes must @Override all abstract methods
+// from their super-classes.
+// Abstract classes can be useful when combining repetitive logic
+// with customised behavior, but as Abstract classes require
+// inheritance, they violate "Composition over inheritance"
+// so consider other approaches using composition.
+// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_over_inheritance
+
public abstract class Animal
{
+ private int age;
+
public abstract void makeSound();
// Method can have a body
@@ -722,17 +728,12 @@ public abstract class Animal
age = 30;
}
- // No need to initialize, however in an interface
- // a variable is implicitly final and hence has
- // to be initialized.
- private int age;
-
public void printAge()
{
System.out.println(age);
}
- // Abstract classes can have main function.
+ // Abstract classes can have main method.
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("I am abstract");