Re: polymorphic use problem
Angus <anguscomber@gmail.com> wrote in news:67a176cb-5052-45d3-9dc4-
6bc47f3fff1f@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
If I have these classes:
class TBase
{
public:
virtual int Execute(Server* srv) = 0;
virtual ~TFunction() {}
};
class Derived : public TBase
{
public:
Derived(const std::string& strA, int ia1)
: m_strA(strA), m_ia1(ia1){
}
virtual int Execute(TServer srv)
{
return SomeFunction(srv, m_strA, m_ia1);
}
~TRegister() { }
private:
std::string m_strA;
int m_ia1;
};
I want to call the Execute function on a Derived object. How can I
call it?
I have to point out that as written this won't compile because int
Execute(Server *) isn't implemented any where (unless TServer is a
typedef for a Server *). However, assuming you meant them to be the
same...
If you had:
void f(TBase & t)
{
Server s;
t.Execute(&s);
}
..
..
..
int main()
{
Derived d("blah", 4);
f(d);
}
Is that what you have in mind? Or was it more like:
void f(TBase * t)
{
Server s;
t->Execute(&s);
}
int main()
{
Derived d("blah", 3);
TBase * pT = &d;
f(pT);
}
Either way works. Polymorphism requires a pointer or reference at some
point or you aren't really polymorphic.
joe
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