Abstract classes and interface
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
• Instead of writing same method in each class and every class we can write a parent class and
can inherit from parent class
• So, if we have any common code we can write it in a parent class.
• If we write a parent class then all these three class can inherit that from parent class
• As parent class is not directly used so, we can make it abstract
• Abstract means which cannot be instantiated.
Parent class
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
• The whole and sole purpose of this class is to share the content with it’s child classes this is
one reason to write abstract classes
• Abstract classes cannot be instantiated but when we write the child classes for this abstract
classes then we can create the instance of these child classes.
• But there is one more reason to write abstract classes.
Abstract method. show() Parent class
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Override override override
show() show() show()
• Classes must have some set of methods. One or more classes.
• Which is mandatory.
• We can force that classes to inherit them from parent class.
• If the body is not there then this is abstract method
• These classes must override the method in parent class so then that parent class is called as
abstract class
Abstract: abstract class may have some abstract method and some concrete method
• Concrete method for sharing the code and abstract method for forcing the class to override
method
Interface: interface means abstract class only but which is having only abstract class. Just for
forcing child classes to override the method that is why we call it as an interface.
• Abstract classes interfaces are not directly supported by interpreter of python but it is
provided as a module.
• Both are abstract it is nothing but interface. One as abstract and one as concrete
• Interface is also written in same way but all the methods are abstract.
• It is directly not available in python it is available through a module ABC
