Differentiate between an abstract class and an interface.
Ask by Sumit Kesarwani
Updated 15 Sep 2020
Abstract Class:
A class can extend only one abstract class
The members of abstract class can be private as well as protected.
Abstract classes should have subclasses
Any class can extend an abstract class.
Methods in abstract class can be abstract as well as concrete.
There can be a constructor for abstract class.
The class extending the abstract class may or may not implement any of its method.
An abstract class can implement methods.
Interface
A class can implement several interfaces
An interface can only have public members.
Interfaces must have implementations by classes
Only an interface can extend another interface.
All methods in an interface should be abstract
Interface does not have constructor.
All methods of interface need to be implemented by a class implementing that interface.
Interfaces cannot contain body of any of its method.