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Wahab Khan
4001-FBAS/BSCS/F18-B
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Q. Compare and contrast abstract classes and wrapper

classes in Java?
Ans.

Abstract Class Wrapper Class

Abstract class is a restricted class that Wrapper classes provide a way to use
cannot be used to create objects (to primitive data types (int, boolean, etc.)
access it, it must be inherited from as objects.
another class).
The abstract keyword is a non-access The table below shows the primitive
modifier, used for classes and methods. type and the equivalent wrapper class:
An abstract class can have both Primitive Data type Wrapper Class
abstract and regular methods: byte Byte
//abstract class short Short
abstract class Animal int Integer
{ long Long
//abstract method float Float
public abstract void animalsound(); double Double
//regular method boolean Boolean
public void sleep() { char Character
System.out.println(“zzz”);
}
}
From the example above, it is not Sometimes we must use wrapper classes, for
possible to create an object of the example when working with Collection
objects, such as Arraylist, where primitive
Animal class:
types cannot be used (the list can only store
Animal myObj = new Animal(); objects):
//will generate an error ArrayList<int>myNumbers=new
ArrayList<int>(); //Invalid
ArrayList<Integer>myNumbers=new
ArrayList<Integer>(); //Valid
 Abstract Class
Use:
To achieve security – hide certain
details and only show the important
details of an object.
To access the abstract class, it must be
inherited from another class.
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Wrapper Class
To create a wrapper object, use the wrapper
class instead of the primitive type. To get the
value, we can just print the object:
Public class Main {
Public static void main(String[ ]args
{
Integer myInt = 5;
Double myDouble = 5.99;
Character myChar = ‘A’;
System.out.println(myInt);
System.out.println(myDouble);
System.out.println(myChar);
}
}