Re: The private-inheritance variant allows Car to override Engine's virtual functions
On Sep 29, 10:32 am, werasm <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here goes:
struct Executable
{
virtual void execute() = 0;
protected:
virtual ~Executable(){ }
};
struct Processor
{
virtual void process( Executable& );
//...
};
class Cmd : Executable
{
public:
Cmd( Processor* p = 0 ): p_( p ){ }
void operator()()
{
if( p_ )
{
p_->process( *this );
}
else
{
execute();
}
}
private:
virtual void execute()
{
//...Some default behavior...
// Most probably overridden
}
Processor* p_;
};
void clientFunction()
{
Processor p;
Cmd cmd( &p );
cmd(); // Processor calls execute...
cmd.execute();//Fails to compile...
}
The purpose of this BTW, is to allow the command to be executed
in the context (or thread) or processor when associate with it, and
in the context of its own thread if not. It also allows you to
bind (to derived classes of commands) arguments that get sent
to a callback associated with classes derived from commands.
Unfortunately I can't go the whole nine yards with explaining
this, because the more I explain, the more questions would
be asked, but the little example illustrates the point, I
think.
Regards,
Werner
Regards,
Werner
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