Creating an abstract class in Objective C

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Published on 2009-06-23T18:42:25Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 10:41 UTC
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I'm originally a Java programmer who now works with Objective-C. I'd like to create an abstract class but that doesn't appear to be possible in Objective-C. Is this possible?

If not, how close to an abstract class can I get in Objective-C?

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