第十章面向对象程序设计：多态性.ppt

The Meaning of the word. From the Greek: Polus + Morphe = Polumorphos (many ) (shape/form) The English word polymorphe dates from the 19th century and was applied to different animal forms arising in the same species. The Meaning of the word. In object-oriented computing it means: different forms of data being handled by the same type of process. Example: The operator + has a different meaning in the expression 2 + 3 (add two integers) than in 1.7 + 3.3 (add two floating point numbers) Types of Polymorphism In Object Oriented Programming there are three types of polymorphism: method overloading, with the special and important case of operator overloading method overriding run-time polymorphism Types of Polymorphism In Object Oriented Programming there are three types of polymorphism: method overloading, with the special and important case of operator overloading method overriding run-time polymorphism Types of Polymorphism In Object Oriented Programming there are three types of polymorphism: method overloading, with the special and important case of operator overloading method overriding run-time polymorphism Types of Polymorphism In Object Oriented Programming there are three types of polymorphism: method overloading, with the special and important case of operator overloading method overriding run-time polymorphism Method Function Overloading Overloading a function simply means, that a function is not only defined its name but by its name and parameter types. The following functions are different in C++: int makeBreakfast(int i, int k); void makeBreakfast(Creature who); float makeBreakfast(); Example: The Creature class class Creature { private: int yearOfBirth; public: void setYearOfBirth(int year) { yearOfBirth = year; } void setYearOfBirth(Creature other) { yearOfBirth = other.yearOfBirth; } int getYearOfBirth() { return yearOfBirth; } }; Opera