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sargasso

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Abstract class constructors
« on: March 17, 2004, 02:31:08 pm »
Herewith, my entry for "Dumbest question of the Week" 8)

Can an abstract class have a constructor?  What I mean is, even though (to us) an abstract class constructor seems to be a meaningless concept, are there any circumstances where it would not be meaningless.

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Re: Abstract class constructors
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2004, 07:20:44 pm »
Sure. Consider

public abstract class Foo {

 Foo() { init(); }

  public abstract init();
}

The method init() is declared and used in the abstract base class, but is defined
in some concrete inheriting class.

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Re: Abstract class constructors
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2004, 08:46:45 pm »
Considering ....


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