Chapter 25. Roles of Classes
Some things better change ... but fundamental themes should revel in persistence. | ||
| --Stephen J. Gould | ||
Kinds of classes — concrete types — abstract types — nodes — changing interfaces — object I/O — actions — interface classes — handles — use counts — application frameworks — advice — exercises.
Kinds of Classes
The C++ class is a programming language construct that serves a variety of design needs. In fact, I find that the solution to most knotty design problems involves the introduction of a new class to represent some notion that had been left implicit in the previous draft design (and maybe the elimination of other classes). The great variety of roles that a class can play leads to a variety of kinds of classes that ...
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