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Java Language Spec

Posted by Dan on May 24, 2000 at 7:22 PM

> Hello,
> can you please give an exact definition of Abstract class and
> Interface. Is there any relationship between these two. If so,
> please give the details.( Details with examples is well and good)

See the Java Language Spec which goes into much more detail
and examples:

"An interface declaration introduces a new reference type whose members are constants and abstract methods. This type
has no implementation, but otherwise unrelated classes can implement it by providing implementations for its abstract
methods."

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/9.doc.html

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