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Abstract Class in OOP

An abstract class in C++ cannot be instantiated and serves as a base class with a common interface for derived classes. It must contain at least one pure virtual function, which derived classes must override to become concrete. For example, the Shape class is abstract with a pure virtual function draw(), while Circle and Square are derived classes that implement this function.

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Abstract Class in OOP

An abstract class in C++ cannot be instantiated and serves as a base class with a common interface for derived classes. It must contain at least one pure virtual function, which derived classes must override to become concrete. For example, the Shape class is abstract with a pure virtual function draw(), while Circle and Square are derived classes that implement this function.

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Abstract Class:

An abstract class is a class that cannot be instan-ated, and is typically used as a base
class. It provides a common interface for derived classes. In C++, an abstract class
contains at least one pure virtual func-on.

Key Points about Abstract Class in C++

• Contains at least one pure virtual function.


• Cannot create an object of an abstract class.
• Used to define an interface that derived classes must implement.
• Derived classes must override all pure virtual functions to become concrete (non-
abstract).

Example:
Explanation

• Shape is an abstract class with a pure virtual function draw().


• Circle and Square inherit from Shape and provide their own implementation
of draw().
• We cannot create an object of Shape, but we can use a pointer of type Shape* to point
to derived class objects and call overridden functions (polymorphism).

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