Instantiating a Derived from a Base
Hi,
I was learning about RTTI when I ran across this example. This line,
out of the example, confused me. It is declaring a pointer to a base
type and instantiating it with a derived class. I can say the
words ... yet I don't get it. What do I have, a base or a derived? Can
anyone push me in the right direction.
abc *abc_pointer = new xyz();
/*
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include <iostream>
class abc // base class
{
public:
virtual void hello()
{
std::cout << "in abc";
}
};
class xyz : public abc
{
public:
void hello()
{
std::cout << "in xyz";
}
};
int main()
{
abc *abc_pointer = new xyz();
xyz *xyz_pointer;
// to find whether abc is pointing to xyz type of object
xyz_pointer = dynamic_cast<xyz*>(abc_pointer);
if (xyz_pointer != NULL)
std::cout << "abc pointer is pointing to a xyz class object"; //
identified
else
std::cout << "abc pointer is NOT pointing to a xyz class object";
return 0;
}
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