August 1999
Beginner to intermediate
912 pages
15h 44m
English
Understand base and derived classes
See how to create class hierarchies
Discover how to override base class functions
Learn about friend classes and functions
See how to create binary class libraries
The object-oriented programming paradigm is based on the concept of object hierarchies that are created through inheritance. In this system, a simple base class acts as a foundation on which you can build more complex classes. The resulting classes can then act as the foundation for even more complex classes, and so on. A class that’s built from an existing class, to extend its capabilities in some way, is called a derived class.
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