Chapter 11: Dissecting Classes

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Learning Objectives

• State the purpose and use of the class construct in C++

• List and describe the parts of a class declaration

• State the importance of the terminating semicolon of a class declaration

• Explain how to use access specifiers to control horizontal member access

• State the function and purpose of constructors

• State the purpose and use of overloaded constructors

• Explain how to overload constructors

• Explain how to use the initializer list to initialize class attributes

• State the purpose and use of destructors

• Explain how to overload class member functions

• Explain the importance of separating the class interface from its implementation

• Explain how to call class member functions from within class member functions

• Utilize complex class constructs in your C++ programming projects

• Utilize initializer lists to initialize class attributes

• List and define the following terms: constructor, destructor, default constructor, overloaded constructor, and overloaded functions

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