If you have several classes where you want them to inherit from a base class for common functionality, should you implement the base class using a class or an abstract class?
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
If you have several classes where you want them to inherit from a base class for common functionality, should you implement the base class using a class or an abstract class?
That depends, if you never want to be able to instantiate the base class then make it abstract. Otherwise leave it as a normal class.