Classes divide into two types: concrete and abstract. I’ll briefly review three constructs: concrete classes, abstract classes, and interfaces. I start with the concrete class.

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The tutorial has been updated to reflect JDK 8 and the Abstract Methods and Classes has a section called “Abstract Classes Compared to Interfaces” that has been updated to incorporate JDK 8.