Inheritance in C++

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Ashwini R Patil
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13 December 2012

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Inheritance in C++
Learning Objectives

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Learning Objectives

I Inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Learning Objectives

I Inheritance
I Types of Inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Learning Objectives

I Inheritance
I Types of Inheritance
I We will do this with the help of examples

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

System Requirements

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

System Requirements

I Ubuntu OS v. 11.10

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

System Requirements

I Ubuntu OS v. 11.10
I g++ Compiler v. 4.6.1

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Introduction to Inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Introduction to Inheritance

I When one object acquires the property of

another it is called as inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Introduction to Inheritance

I When one object acquires the property of

another it is called as inheritance
I It is the process of reusing the existing
class without modifying them

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Types of Inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Types of Inheritance

I Single level inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Types of Inheritance

I Single level inheritance

I Multiple level inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Types of Inheritance

I Single level inheritance

I Multiple level inheritance
I Hierarchical Inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Types of Inheritance

I Single level inheritance

I Multiple level inheritance
I Hierarchical Inheritance
I Multilevel inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Types of Inheritance

I Single level inheritance

I Multiple level inheritance
I Hierarchical Inheritance
I Multilevel inheritance
I Hybrid Inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Base class and Derived class

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Base class and Derived class
I The base class has its own properties and
functionality

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Base class and Derived class
I The base class has its own properties and
functionality
I It is also called as parent class

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Base class and Derived class
I The base class has its own properties and
functionality
I It is also called as parent class
I It has the common qualities that all the
objects can inherit

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Base class and Derived class
I The base class has its own properties and
functionality
I It is also called as parent class
I It has the common qualities that all the
objects can inherit
I The derived class is the child class

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Base class and Derived class
I The base class has its own properties and
functionality
I It is also called as parent class
I It has the common qualities that all the
objects can inherit
I The derived class is the child class
I Derived class inherits the properties and
functionality of the base class
Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++
Single inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Single inheritance

I In single level inheritance only one base

class and one derived class is needed
Base Class

Derived Class

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Multiple inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Multiple inheritance
I In multiple inheritance derived class
inherits from more than one base class

Base Class Base Class2

Derived Class
Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++
Hierarchical inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Hierarchical inheritance
I In Hierarchical Inheritance multiple
derived class inherits from one base
Base Class

Derived Derived Derived

Class1 Class2 Class3

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Multilevel inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Multilevel inheritance
I In Multilevel inheritance the subclass acts
as the base class for other classes
Base Class

Base/Derived
Class

Derived Class
Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++
Hybrid inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Hybrid inheritance

I In hybrid inheritance more than one form

of inheritance is combined

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Summary

I Inheritance
I Types of inheritance

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

Assignment

I Create a class Shape

I Create two functions of the class as Area
and Perimeter
I Find the area and perimeter of various
shapes like square, rectangle and circle

Ashwini R Patil Inheritance in C++

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