抽象类是声明为抽象的类——它可以包含也可以不包含抽象方法。抽象类不能被实例化，但可以被子类化。

换句话说，用abstract关键字声明的类在java中称为抽象类。它可以有抽象方法(没有主体的方法)和非抽象方法(有主体的方法)。

重要提示: 抽象类不能用于实例化对象，它们可以用于创建对象引用，因为Java的运行时多态性方法是通过使用超类引用实现的。因此，必须能够创建对抽象类的引用，以便可以使用它指向子类对象。您将在下面的示例中看到该特性

abstract class Bike{  
  abstract void run();  
}  

class Honda4 extends Bike{  
    void run(){
        System.out.println("running safely..");
    }  

    public static void main(String args[]){  
       Bike obj = new Honda4();  
       obj.run();  
    }  
} 

什么是抽象类? 好的!让我们举个例子，你对化学了解不多，我们有一个元素碳(符号C)。碳有一些基本的原子结构，你不能改变，但用碳你可以制造很多化合物，如(CO2)，甲烷(CH4)，丁烷(C4H10)。

所以这里碳是抽象类，你不想改变它的基本结构，但你想让他们的孩子(CO2,CH4等)使用它。但是以他们自己的方式

解决方案——基类(抽象)

public abstract class Place {

String Name;
String Postcode;
String County;
String Area;

Place () {

        }

public static Place make(String Incoming) {
        if (Incoming.length() < 61) return (null);

        String Name = (Incoming.substring(4,26)).trim();
        String County = (Incoming.substring(27,48)).trim();
        String Postcode = (Incoming.substring(48,61)).trim();
        String Area = (Incoming.substring(61)).trim();

        Place created;
        if (Name.equalsIgnoreCase(Area)) {
                created = new Area(Area,County,Postcode);
        } else {
                created = new District(Name,County,Postcode,Area);
        }
        return (created);
        }

public String getName() {
        return (Name);
        }

public String getPostcode() {
        return (Postcode);
        }

public String getCounty() {
        return (County);
        }

public abstract String getArea();

}

简单地说，您可以将抽象类看作是具有更多功能的接口。

你不能实例化一个接口，这也适用于一个抽象类。

On your interface you can just define the method headers and ALL of the implementers are forced to implement all of them. On an abstract class you can also define your method headers but here - to the difference of the interface - you can also define the body (usually a default implementation) of the method. Moreover when other classes extend (note, not implement and therefore you can also have just one abstract class per child class) your abstract class, they are not forced to implement all of your methods of your abstract class, unless you specified an abstract method (in such case it works like for interfaces, you cannot define the method body).

public abstract class MyAbstractClass{
  public abstract void DoSomething();
}

否则，对于抽象类的普通方法，“继承者”可以像往常一样只使用默认行为或重写它。

例子:

public abstract class MyAbstractClass{

  public int CalculateCost(int amount){
     //do some default calculations
     //this can be overriden by subclasses if needed
  }

  //this MUST be implemented by subclasses
  public abstract void DoSomething();
}

抽象类不能直接实例化，但必须从抽象类派生才能使用。一个类必须是抽象的，如果它包含抽象方法:或者直接

abstract class Foo {
    abstract void someMethod();
}

或间接地

interface IFoo {
    void someMethod();
}

abstract class Foo2 implements IFoo {
}

然而，一个类可以是抽象的，而不包含抽象方法。这是一种防止直接瞬化的方法，例如。

abstract class Foo3 {
}

class Bar extends Foo3 {

}

Foo3 myVar = new Foo3(); // illegal! class is abstract
Foo3 myVar = new Bar(); // allowed!

抽象类的后一种风格可以用来创建“类接口”类。与接口不同，抽象类允许包含非抽象方法和实例变量。您可以使用它为扩展类提供一些基本功能。

另一种常见的模式是在抽象类中实现主要功能，并在由扩展类实现的抽象方法中定义部分算法。愚蠢的例子:

abstract class Processor {
    protected abstract int[] filterInput(int[] unfiltered);

    public int process(int[] values) {
        int[] filtered = filterInput(values);
        // do something with filtered input
    }
}

class EvenValues extends Processor {
    protected int[] filterInput(int[] unfiltered) {
        // remove odd numbers
    }
}

class OddValues extends Processor {
    protected int[] filterInput(int[] unfiltered) {
        // remove even numbers
    }
}

An abstract class is one that isn't fully implemented but provides something of a blueprint for subclasses. It may be partially implemented in that it contains fully-defined concrete methods, but it can also hold abstract methods. These are methods with a signature but no method body. Any subclass must define a body for each abstract method, otherwise it too must be declared abstract. Because abstract classes cannot be instantiated, they must be extended by at least one subclass in order to be utilized. Think of the abstract class as the generic class, and the subclasses are there to fill in the missing information.