Re: Question about interfaces
acehreli@gmail.com wrote:
"Daniel T." <danie...@earthlink.net> wrote:
sip.addr...@gmail.com wrote:
But we could also use private inheritance:
class Imp1 {
protected:
? void f();
? void g();
};
class Interface : private Imp1 {
public:
? void f() { Imp1::f(); }
? ...
};
Note, the above is effectively the same as composition.
class Imp1 {
public:
? ?void f();
? ?void g();
};
class Interface {
? ?Imp1 imp;
public:
? ?void f() { imp.f(); }
};
What are the advantages/disadvantages of each?
The old "inheritance versus composition" question.
Not in this case though.
Yes, even in this case. Don't get too caught up in the names the OP
happened to choose.
class A { };
class B : private A { };
is effectively the same as:
class A { };
class B { A a; }
The only case where it is different is if class B overrides some virtual
member-function of A that is called internally within A. Like this:
class A {
public:
void foo() { bar(); }
virtual void bar(); /* can be pure virtual */
};
class B : private A {
void foo() { A::foo(); }
virtual void bar();
};
The above is *not* equivalent to composition. Rather, it is equivalent
to delegation.
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