Base class and derived class type conversion
Type conversion
- Public derived class objects can be used as base class objects, but not vice versa.
- Objects of derived classes can be implicitly converted to objects of base class;
- Objects of derived classes can initialize references to the base class;
- A pointer of a derived class can be implicitly converted to a pointer of a base class.
- Only members inherited from the base class can be used through the base class object name and pointer.
Examples of type conversion rules
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Base1 { //基类Base1定义
public:
void display() const {
cout << "Base1::display()" << endl;
}
};
class Base2: public Base1 { //公有派生类Base2定义
public:
void display() const {
cout << "Base2::display()" << endl;
}
};
class Derived: public Base2 { //公有派生类Derived定义
public:
void display() const {
cout << "Derived::display()" << endl;
}
};
void fun(Base1 *ptr) { //参数为指向基类对象的指针
ptr->display(); //"对象指针->成员名"
}
int main() { //主函数
Base1 base1; //声明Base1类对象
Base2 base2; //声明Base2类对象
Derived derived; //声明Derived类对象
fun(&base1); //用Base1对象的指针调用fun函数
fun(&base2); //用Base2对象的指针调用fun函数
fun(&derived); //用Derived对象的指针调用fun函数
return 0;
}