Abstract class instantiation.?

Question

I have an Abstract class which is extended
My question is:
How can the Abstract class be instantiated:
Animal[] ref = new Animal[3];
In Java,we cannot instantiate Abstract class,so how does this
work
abstract class Animal  // class is abstract
  private String name;
  public String getName(){       
       return name;
  public abstract void speak();  
class Dog extends Animal{
      private String dogName;
      public Dog(String nm){
     this.dogName=nm;
      public void speak(){       // Implement the abstract method.
      System.out.println("Woof");
      public String getName(){   // Override default functionality.
          return dogName;
class Cow extends Animal{
      private String cowName;
      public Cow(String nm){
      this.cowName = nm;
      public void speak(){       // Implement the abstract method.
      System.out.println("Moo");
      public String getName(){
          return cowName;
public class AnimalArray{
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  Animal[] ref = new Animal[3]; // assign space for array
  Dog aDog = new Dog("Rover");  // makes specific objects
  Cow aCow = new Cow("Bossy"); 
  // now put them in an array
  ref[0] = aDog;
  ref[1] = aCow;
  // now dynamic method binding
  for (int x=0;x<2;++x){
       ref[x].speak();
       System.out.println(ref[x].getName());
}

Answer 1

You mean to say that now we have a handle or a reference to the
abstract class. Right ?
But in the
public static Test instance () {
        return new Test () {
            public void test () {}
    }How can you say 'return new Test()' as Test is an abtract class
and what will public void test() return as this has no body ?