what is the answer

[nikunj thakur]

why is this not a compilable abstract class

public abstract class Canine { public Bark speak();}

[Nik Arora]

Hi Nikunj,

Originally posted by nikunj thakur:
why is this not a compilable abstract class

public abstract class Canine { public Bark speak();}

An abstract class should have abstract methods and can have non-abstract method also.In your example the method is not abstract so you are getting the error.

Regards,
Nik

[Yogesh Baraskar]

public abstract class Canine { public Bark speak();}

speak(); // the brackets and then semicolon suggests that it is an abstract method and you should declare it as
public abstract Bark speak();

or else if you dont want to declare method as abstract then make it
public Bark speak(){
}