Chapter 13. Similar Classes: How to Treat Them

Topics in this Chapter

• Treating Similar Classes

• Syntax of C++ Inheritance

• Accessing Base and Derived Class Services

• Accessing Base Components of a Derived Class Object

• Scope Rules and Name Resolution Under Inheritance

• Constructors and Destructors for Derived Classes

• Summary

In this chapter, as in the previous ones, you are going to see more C++ syntax—keywords, colons, initialization lists, and the like. Make sure that this flood of syntactic details does not hide from you an important shift in the focus of your attention.