9. OOP amp; ADTs Introduction to Inheritance.ppt

9. OOP ADTs: Introduction to Inheritance Constructors and Inheritance Consider Employees constructor // Explicit-Value Constructor inline Employee::Employee long id, string last, string first, char initial, int dept myIdNum id; myLastName last; myFirstName first; myMiddleInitial initial; myDeptCode dept; A derived class can use a member-initialization-list to call the base-class constructor to initialize the inherited data members — easier than writing it from scratch. // Definition of SalariedEmployee explicit-value constructorinline SalariedEmployee::SalariedEmployee long id, string last, string first, char initial, int dept, double sal From the derived class constructor, pass the id number, last name, first name, middle initial and dept. code to the Employee constructor to initialize those members. mySalary sal; SalariedEmployee then initializes only its own local member s . : Employee id, last, first, initial, dept * Read Chap. 12 A. Inheritance, OOD, and OOP §12.1 12.2 A major objective of OOP: writing reusable code to avoid re-inventing the wheel . Ways to do this in C++: Encapsulate code within functions Build classes Store classes and functions in separately-compiled libraries Convert functions into type-parameterized function templates Convert classes into type-parameterized class templates An additional approach that distinguishes OOP from the others: Inheritance: Define one class derived class in terms of another base class, reusing the data members and function members of the base class. Example: Suppose a problem requires stack operations not provided in our stack class — e.g., max , min Ways to Approach this: #1: Add function members to the Stack class that implement the new operations. Bad: This can easily mess up a tested, operational class, creating problems for other client programs. new operations push , pop , ... myTop, ... new data members Stack class #2: An adapter approach: