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=={{header|Smalltalk}}== |
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A class is declared abtract by responding to the query <tt>isAbstract</tt> with true, and defining the required protocol for subclasses to raise an error notification. Optionally, instance creation can be blocked (but seldom done, as you will hit a subclassResponsibility anyway soon). Typically, the IDE provides |
A class is declared abtract by responding to the query <tt>isAbstract</tt> with true, and defining the required protocol for subclasses to raise an error notification. Optionally, instance creation can be blocked (but seldom done, as you will hit a subclassResponsibility anyway soon). Typically, the IDE provides menu functions to generate these definitions automatically (eg. "Insert Abstract Class" in the refactoring submenu of the class browser): |
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<lang smalltalk>someClass class >> isAbstract |
<lang smalltalk>someClass class >> isAbstract |
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^ true |
^ true |
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