C++20 for Programmers, 3rd Edition

Chapter 9. Custom Classes

Objectives

In this chapter, you’ll:

■ Define a custom class and use it to create objects.

■ Implement a class’s behaviors as member functions and attributes as data members.

■ Access and manipulate private data members through public get and set functions to enforce data encapsulation.

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

■ Separate a class’s interface from its implementation for reuse.

■ Access class members via the dot (.) and arrow (->) operators.

■ Use destructors to perform “termination housekeeping.”

■ Learn why returning a reference or a pointer to private data is dangerous.

■ Assign the data members ...