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title: "how to prevent a class being instantiated?"  
description: "how to prevent a class being instantiated?"  
author: "Anoop Singh"  
published: 2011-03-23  
updated: 2020-09-19  
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# how to prevent a class being instantiated?

make class abstract or static

## Answers

### Answer by Anoop Singh

make class abstract or static


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