Re: My attempt at a small hierarchy. Why doesn't my code compile?
PeteUK <newbarker@gmail.com> typed
(in 800d82f1-5b1d-45ae-88df-910e0fa2a90e@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com)
See example code below. The instantiation of a Concrete object (see
main function) makes the compiler (VS 2003) complain that Concrete is
an abstract class because MethodsA::callA() and MethodsB::callB() are
not defined.
Hopefully it's obvious what I'm trying to acheive. Can someone tell me
where I'm going wrong?
Thanks,
Pete
// Low level interface
struct MethodsA
{
virtual ~MethodsA() {}
virtual void callA() = 0;
};
// Another low level interface
struct MethodsB
{
virtual ~MethodsB() {}
virtual void callB() = 0;
};
// Higher level interface - the main base class of concrete objects
struct MainBase
: public MethodsA,
public MethodsB
{
};
// A suggested implementation of a first low level interface
// Can be used as a mixin to easily create concrete objects
class ImplOfAMixin : public MethodsA
{
void callA() {}
};
// A suggested implementation of a second low level interface
// Can be used as a mixin to easily create concrete objects
class ImplOfBMixin : public MethodsB
{
void callB() {}
};
// Concrete class
class Concrete
: public MainBase, // "isa" main base
public ImplOfAMixin, // pull in this mixin
public ImplOfBMixin // and this mixin
{
};
int main()
{
Concrete obj;
return 0;
}
You have MethodsA and MethodsB twice in class Concrete.
MethodsA is once in MainBase and another time in ImplOfAMixin.
MethodsB is once in MainBase and another time in ImplOfBMixin.
The ones in MainBase are still pure virtual.
This can be solved with virtual inheritance, as mentioned in another =
reply.
Or, easier, you can skip class MainBase completely in class Concrete:
class Concrete
: public ImplOfAMixin, // pull in this mixin
public ImplOfBMixin // and this mixin
is sufficient.
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