Can I find out if a class is an abstract class before trying to instantiate it?

Question

Can i somehow say:   if isAbstract(className)   % do something else % do something else end

Kshitij Singh · Accepted Answer

A class is abstract if any of its properties or methods is abstract.
 
It's possible to write a function, is_abstract. Start:
 
    mco = ?my_class
    mco.PropertyList
    mco.MethodList

    any([mco.MethodList.Abstract])
or better
    mcls = meta.class.fromName('ClassName')

Can I find out if a class is an abstract class before trying to instantiate it?

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