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Why abstract key word is needed infront of abstract class methods

 
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Hi,
I have a simple classes here one is interface and another one is abstract class when i try to compile them abstract class is givving compilation error.



HelloWorld.java:11: error: missing method body, or declare abstract
public String getName();
^
1 error
 
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Without the abstract modifier, the compiler expects the method to have a body and if it did not find one, it will complain. The abstract keyword is a clue to to compiler to not expect a body for the method.
 
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interface has also same method structur and it also have same abstract methods. why the compile is not showing any error message in that case?
 
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Because methods in an interface are always abstract, it would just be unnecessary extra typing if you would have to specify abstract for every method in an interface.
 
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I think it's a foolish question, i know all the methods in Interface are abstract that is why we don't have to mention JVM a method as abstract.
But in case of abstract class an un implimented method is by default abstract why we have to mention abstract infornt of those methods? Why JVM iss not recognizing those methods as abstract(same as interfcae)?
And we are alos suupplying an additional information to JVm by mentioning class as abstract
 
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mallikarjun dontamsetti wrote:I think it's a foolish question . . .

No, it isn't


But in case of abstract class an un implimented method is by default abstract . . .

No, it isn't
 
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Campbell Ritchie wrote:


But in case of abstract class an un implimented method is by default abstract . . .

No, it isn't



Is an un-implemented method can be not abstract?
 
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No, an unimplemented method might be a syntax errorIs the second part of that code the body of foo() which has a semicolon entered by mistake or is it an instance initialiser following the abstract method foo()?
∴ You do not allow unimplemented methods even in abstract classes, unless they have been marked abstract. That is how the compiler is programmed, and I presume that is how the Java® Language Specification defines an abstract method.
 
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Thanks and am marking as resolved
 
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You're welcome
 
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