Chapter 13: Extending Class Functionality Through Inheritance

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Learning Objectives

• State the purpose and use of inheritance in C++ class design

• Explain how to apply the three access specifiers, public, protected, and private

• Explain how to hide base class functions with derived class functions

• Explain how to call a base class constructor from a derived class initializer list

• Explain the use of the virtual key word as it relates to destructors and class member functions

• Explain how to override virtual base class functions

• Explain how to implement pure virtual functions

• Explain how to declare and use abstract base classes

• Explain how to substitute derived class objects where base class objects are specified

• Explain how to implement multiple inheritance

• State the purpose and use of a virtual base class

• Explain how to safely use inheritance in your application design

• Explain how to extend the UML class diagram to illustrate class inheritance hierarchies

• Demonstrate your ability to express inheritance with a UML class diagram

• Demonstrate your ability to utilize inheritance in the design of complex C++ programming projects

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