Chapter 6.  Inheritance and Polymorphism
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Chapter 6.  Inheritance and Polymorphism

Table of Contents

6.1. Simple Derivation
6.1.1. Inheritance Client Code Example
6.2. Derivation with Polymorphism
6.2.1. Exercises: Derivation with Polymorphism
6.3. Derivation from an Abstract Base Class
6.4. Inheritance Design
6.5. Overloading, Hiding, and Overriding
6.6. Constructors, Destructors, and Copy Assignment Operators
6.7. Processing Command-Line Arguments
6.7.1. Derivation and ArgumentList
6.8. Exercises: Inheritance and Polymorphism
6.9. Review Questions
6.9.1. Points of Departure

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the concepts and shows some examples of how to define inheritance relationships between C++ classes. Overriding methods, the virtual keyword, and simple examples show how polymorphism works.

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