An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4

Chapter 6. Inheritance and Polymorphism

This chapter introduces the concepts and shows some examples of how to define inheritance relationships between C++ classes. Overriding methods, the virtual keyword, and simple examples show how polymorphism works.

6.1	Simple Derivation	136
6.2	Derivation with Polymorphism	142
6.3	Derivation from an Abstract Base Class	148
6.4	Inheritance Design	152
6.5	Overloading, Hiding, and Overriding	154
6.6	Constructors, Destructors, and Copy Assignment Operators	155
6.7	Processing Command-Line Arguments	158

Simple Derivation

Note

• Chapter 2

• Chapter 5

Inheritance is a way of organizing classes that is supported by all object-oriented languages. ...