Chapter 17: Well-Behaved Objects-The Orthodox Canonical Class Form

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Learning Objectives

• State the important role well-behaved objects play in good object-oriented design

• List and describe the functions required to get user defined objects to behave like native types

• List and describe the four minimum functions required to implement the orthodox canonical class form

• Demonstrate your ability to utilize the orthodox canonical class form in your C++ programming projects

• Demonstrate your ability to extend the orthodox canonical class form to suit the needs of a particular class

• Explain why compiler-supplied constructors and destructors may not provide appropriate object behavior for complex class types

• List and define the following terms: orthodox canonical class form, default constructor, destructor, copy assignment operator, copy constructor

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