Top "Virtual-inheritance" questions

Virtual Inheritance is used to solve the Dreaded Diamond Problem associated with multiple inheritance in C++.

In C++, what is a virtual base class?

I want to know what a "virtual base class" is and what it means. Let me show an example: class …

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How does virtual inheritance solve the "diamond" (multiple inheritance) ambiguity?

class A { public: void eat(){ cout<<"A";} }; class B: virtual public A { public: void eat(){ cout<<"…

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C++ abstract base class constructors/destructors - general correctness

I would like to have a C++ Interface that must be overridden (if this is possible) when inherited. So far, …

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C++ cannot convert from base A to derived type B via virtual base A

I have three classes: class A {}; class B : virtual public A {}; class C : virtual public A {}; class D: public B, …

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Equivalent of Java interfaces in C++?

Possible Duplicate: How do you declare an interface in C++? Interface as in java in c++? I am a Java …

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Why can't static_cast be used to down-cast when virtual inheritance is involved?

Consider the following code: struct Base {}; struct Derived : public virtual Base {}; void f() { Base* b = new Derived; Derived* d = static_…

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final class in c++

class Temp { private: ~Temp() {} friend class Final; }; class Final : virtual public Temp { public: void fun() { cout<<"In base"; } }; …

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Fixing C++ Multiple Inheritance Ambiguous Call

I have three classes structured like this: #include <iostream> using namespace std; class Keyword { public: virtual float GetValue() = 0; }; …

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C++ Inheritance via dominance warning

I'm trying to implement a rather large object that implements many interfaces. Some of these interfaces are pure virtual. I …

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Why is Default constructor called in virtual inheritance?

I don't understand why in the following code, when I instanciate an object of type daughter, the default grandmother() constructor …

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