C++ How to Program, 10/e

3 Introduction to Classes, Objects, Member Functions and Strings

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

• Begin programming with the object-oriented concepts introduced in Section 1.8.

• Define a class and use it to create an object.

• Implement a class’s behaviors as member functions.

• Implement a class’s attributes as data members.

• Call an object’s member functions to make them perform their tasks.

• Access and manipulate private data members through their corresponding public get and set functions to enforce encapsulation of the data.

• Learn what local variables of a member function are and how they differ from data members of a class.

• Use a constructor to initialize an object’s data.

• Validate the data passed to a constructor or member function.