Array of Objects for an abstract class

[ervkjain]

Can we make Array of objects for any abstract class in java....IF YES GIVE AN EXAMPLE....

[JosAH]

Can we make Array of objects for any abstract class in java....IF YES GIVE AN EXAMPLE....

Sure you can; have a look:

public abstract class Animal { ... }
public class Penguin extends Animal { ... }
public class Gorilla extends Animal { ... }
...
Animal[] animals = { new Penguin(), new Gorilla() };
 

kind regards,

Jos

[Ganon11]

But remember that you can only treat each object in the array as a type of the abstract class. So in Jos' example, you have a Penguin and Gorilla, but you can only treat them as Animals. You can change this by casting the object to a new type (i.e. (Penguin)animals[0]), but you can only do this if you know for sure that animals[0] is actually a Penguin.