Why abstract class are used in Java?

Abstract Class!

Declaring abstract to a class, may or may not hold abstract methods are called abstract class. They can only be sub-classed but not instantiated. Static methods and fields may be the part of an abstract class. When they are sub-classed, these sub-classes start implementing abstract methods in their parent class. In case if it does not it can be declared under abstract class.

abstract void add(int x , int y);

• Sharing the code among the closely related classes
• Declaring non-static fields. This would allow modifying and access to the object states to which they are known
• Classes which have been extended from abstract class should have access modifiers except for public those who had been loaded with multiple methods or fields