What is meant by abstract=“true” in spring?

Question

Abstract classes cannot be instantiated in java. But spring says something like bean creation with abstract=\"true\". If a state of an abstract class is initial

Answer 1

Actually, abstract parent bean is not necessary to define class attribute, you may just need a common property for sharing.

According to this tutorial

The parent bean cannot be instantiated on its own because it is incomplete, and it is also explicitly marked as abstract. When a definition is abstract like this, it is usable only as a pure template bean definition that serves as a parent definition for child definitions.