C# supports abstract class members and abstract classes using the abstract modifier.

An abstract class is a class with one or more abstract members and you cannot instantiate an abstract class. However, you can have additional implemented methods and properties.

An abstract member is either a method (implicitly virtual), property, indexer, or event in an abstract class. You can add abstract members ONLY to abstract classes using the abstract keyword. Then you override it in a descendant class with Override.

abstract public class Cyborg : System.Object

{

  abstract public void Speak(string pMessage);

}

public class Series600 : Cyborg

{

  public override void Speak(string pMessage)  

  {

    MessageBox.Show(pMessage);  

  }

}

 C# Abstraction (abstract, override)  

AbstractMemberFunction is a pure virtual function makes this class Abstract class indicated by the "=0"and NonAbstractMemberFunction1 is a virtual function.

class AbstractClass {
public:
  virtual void AbstractMemberFunction() = 0;

  virtual void NonAbstractMemberFunction1();

};

 C++ Abstraction (=0 in a virtual method)

Delphi for Win32 supports abstract class members using the abstract keyword. You can even instantiate instances of a class that contains abstract members. Then you override each abstract member in a descendant class with Override.

Delphi does not support setting an entire class as abstract. You can create an abstract class (a class with one or more abstract methods), but there is no way to tell the compiler to not allow the instantiation of the abstract class.

Delphi does not support abstract member properties directly. To implement an abstract properity, make use of abstract methods. That is, you can read a GetPropertyX abstract function and write to a SetPropertyX abstract procedure. In effect, creating  an abstract property.

TCyborg = class(TObject)
public
  procedure Speak(pMessage: String); virtual; abstract;
  procedure Walk; virtual; abstract;
end;

TSeries600 = class(TCyborg)
public
  procedure Speak(pMessage: String); override;
  procedure Walk; override;
end;

 Delphi Abstraction (abstract, override)

Prism supports abstract class members and abstract classes using the abstract keyword.

An abstract class is a class with one or more abstract members and you cannot instantiate an abstract class. However, you can have additional implemented methods and properties.

An abstract member is either a method (method, procedure, or function), a property, or an event in an abstract class. You can add abstract members ONLY to abstract classes using the abstract keyword.

Alternatively, you can use the empty keyword in place of abstract if you wish to instantiate the abstract class. Then you override it in a descendant class with Override.

Cyborg = public abstract class(System.Object)
public
  //You can put "virtual; abstract;" 

  //but it's implied with just "abstract;"

  method Speak(pMessage: String); abstract; 
  method Walk; virtual; abstract;
end;

Series600 = public class(Cyborg)
public
  procedure Speak(pMessage: String); override;
  procedure Walk; override;
end;

 Delphi Prism Abstraction (abstract, override)

Java supports marking a full class as abstract as well as class members. A subclass must either implement the abstract members or you must declare the subclass abstract (which delays the implementation to it's subclass).

public abstract class Dog {
  abstract void Bark();
}

 Java Abstraction (abstract)