Re: Inheritance question
"Jack" wrote:
I have the following scenario:
/////////////////////////////////////////
class B : public D3DXMATRIX
{
};
[...]
when I cast D3DXMATRIX to B, the following error occurs
Error 8 error C2440: 'type cast' : cannot convert from
'D3DXMATRIX' to 'B' c:\documents and
settings\luckie\projectA\cmesh.cpp 118
Sorry for the above code may be inaccurate cos I have furnished
it a bit
Because `D3DXMATRIX' class is not `B'. What would you expect to
happen? How compiler can know what to do with `D3DXMATRIX' in
order to make it `B'? You, as a developer, should provide this
info:
1. Make additional constructor in the `B' class that takes `const
D3DXMATRIX&' or `LPCD3DXMATRIX' parameter.
2. If and only if the `B' class has the same binary layout as
`D3DXMATRIX' struct (i.e., no data members, no virtual functions,
no other base classes), then you could downcast `D3DXMATRIX' to
reference to `B':
aPointer->m_pArray[i] =
static_cast<B&>(*GetBoneOffsetMatrix());
HTH
Alex
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