在Java 8中，接口看起来像一个抽象类，尽管它们可能有一些不同，例如:

1)抽象类是类，所以它们不受Java中接口的其他限制，例如抽象类可以有状态，但在Java中你不能在接口上有状态。

2)带有默认方法的接口和抽象类之间的另一个语义区别是，你可以在抽象类中定义构造函数，但在Java中你不能在接口中定义构造函数

有一些技术上的差异。与Java 8接口相比，抽象类仍然可以做更多的事情:

抽象类可以有构造函数。 抽象类更加结构化，可以保存状态。

从概念上讲，防御方法的主要目的是在Java 8中引入新特性(如lambda-functions)后实现向后兼容性。

本文将对此进行描述。想想forEach of Collections。

List<?> list = …
list.forEach(…);

The forEach isn’t declared by java.util.List nor the java.util.Collection interface yet. One obvious solution would be to just add the new method to the existing interface and provide the implementation where required in the JDK. However, once published, it is impossible to add methods to an interface without breaking the existing implementation. The benefit that default methods bring is that now it’s possible to add a new default method to the interface and it doesn’t break the implementations.

正如在其他回答中提到的，添加实现到接口的能力是为了在Collections框架中提供向后兼容性。我认为，提供向后兼容性可能是向接口添加实现的唯一好的理由。

否则，如果您将实现添加到接口，那么您就违反了最初添加接口的基本规律。Java是一种单一继承语言，不像c++允许多重继承。接口提供了支持多重继承的语言所具有的类型优势，而不会引入多重继承所带来的问题。

更具体地说，Java只允许实现的单一继承，但它允许接口的多重继承。例如，以下是有效的Java代码:

class MyObject extends String implements Runnable, Comparable { ... }

MyObject只继承了一个实现，但它继承了三个契约。

Java传递了实现的多重继承，因为实现的多重继承带来了许多棘手的问题，这些问题超出了本文的讨论范围。添加接口是为了允许合约的多重继承(又名接口)，而不存在实现的多重继承问题。

为了支持我的观点，这里引用了Ken Arnold和James Gosling在《Java编程语言》(第4版)一书中的一句话:

Single inheritance precludes some useful and correct designs. The problems of multiple inheritance arise from multiple inheritance of implementation, but in many cases multiple inheritance is used to inherit a number of abstract contracts and perhaps one concrete implementation. Providing a means to inherit an abstract contract without inheriting an implementation allows the typing benefits of multiple inheritance without the problems of multiple implementation inheritance. The inheritance of an abstract contract is termed interface inheritance. The Java programming language supports interface inheritance by allowing you to declare an interface type

这两个是完全不同的:

默认方法是在不改变现有类状态的情况下向其添加外部功能。

抽象类是一种普通的继承类型，它们是用于扩展的普通类。

虽然这是一个老问题，但让我也谈谈我的看法。

abstract class: Inside abstract class we can declare instance variables, which are required to the child class Interface: Inside interface every variables is always public static and final we cannot declare instance variables abstract class: Abstract class can talk about state of object Interface: Interface can never talk about state of object abstract class: Inside Abstract class we can declare constructors Interface: Inside interface we cannot declare constructors as purpose of constructors is to initialize instance variables. So what is the need of constructor there if we cannot have instance variables in interfaces. abstract class: Inside abstract class we can declare instance and static blocks Interface: Interfaces cannot have instance and static blocks. abstract class: Abstract class cannot refer lambda expression Interfaces: Interfaces with single abstract method can refer lambda expression abstract class: Inside abstract class we can override OBJECT CLASS methods Interfaces: We cannot override OBJECT CLASS methods inside interfaces.

最后，我要指出:

Default method concepts/static method concepts in interface came just to save implementation classes but not to provide meaningful useful implementation. Default methods/static methods are kind of dummy implementation, "if you want you can use them or you can override them (in case of default methods) in implementation class" Thus saving us from implementing new methods in implementation classes whenever new methods in interfaces are added. Therefore interfaces can never be equal to abstract classes.