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Virtual Methods

• Polymorphism in OOPLs is typically implemented via dynamic binding

• Some OOPLs allow some methods to be statically bound

• A method that can be dynamically bound is called a virtual method

• An abstract (pure virtual) method is one that does not include definition (it only defines a protocol)

• An abstract class is one that includes at least one abstract method

• An abstract class cannot be instantiated