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C Note Part3

The document discusses the order of execution of constructors and destructors in inheritance hierarchies in C++. It provides examples to demonstrate that: 1) In a multi-level inheritance hierarchy, constructors are executed from the top-most base class down. Destructors are executed in the reverse order. 2) In multiple inheritance, constructors are executed in the order the base classes are listed. Destructors are executed in the reverse order. 3) Object pointers allow objects to be accessed using pointer notation (->) instead of dot (.) notation. The this pointer points to the current object and can be used to resolve name conflicts or return the object.

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C Note Part3

The document discusses the order of execution of constructors and destructors in inheritance hierarchies in C++. It provides examples to demonstrate that: 1) In a multi-level inheritance hierarchy, constructors are executed from the top-most base class down. Destructors are executed in the reverse order. 2) In multiple inheritance, constructors are executed in the order the base classes are listed. Destructors are executed in the reverse order. 3) Object pointers allow objects to be accessed using pointer notation (->) instead of dot (.) notation. The this pointer points to the current object and can be used to resolve name conflicts or return the object.

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By: Manoj Sapkota, United Technical College

Order of execution of constructors in inheritance: For the multi-level


inheritance as shown below, the constructor of class C is executed first, then
the constructor of class B and finally of the class A. The order of execution is
from the highest level base class to the other subsequent classes.

For the multiple-inheritance, the constructors of the base class are executed in
the order of inheritance in which they are coded. That means, for the
inheritance as coded below, the constructor of the class B is executed at first,
then the constructor of class C, and finally of the derived class A.

Order of Inheritance:
Class A: public B, public C
{
//body of class A
};

Destructors in inheritance:
Destructors are executed in the opposite order of that of constructors. That
means, the constructor of the derived class is executed at first and then the
constructors of its base classes in order.

An example that demonstrates the order of execution of destructors in base


and derived class is as follows: [Example program- 37]

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Example program- 37:

Output: I am destructor from Ukraine.


I am destructor from Russia.

Few Program Tasks:

Example program- 38: Create a class called Person with suitable data
members to represent their name and age. Use member functions to initialize
and display these information. Derive Student and Employee from the Person
class with their unique features. Initialize objects of these classes using
constructor and display the information.

Solution:

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Output:
Displaying student info..
Name: Neha
Age: 20
RollNos: 15
Displaying employee info..
Name: Aashish
Age: 25
ID: 101

Example program- 39: Create a class Person with data members Name, Age
and Address. Create another class Teacher with data members Qualification
and Department. Also create another class Student with data members
Program and Semester. Both classes are inherited from the class Person. Every
class has at least one constructor which uses base class constructor. Create a
member function showData( ) in each to display the information of the class
member. Create objects of the derived classes and display the information.

Solution:

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Output:
Displaying Teacher info..
Name: Manoz
Age: 30
Address: Bharatpur
Qualification: Masters

Department: Computer Science


Displaying Student info..
Name: Kiran
Age: 20
Address: Bharatpur
Program: BE
Semester: 2

Example program- 40: The following figure shows the minimum information
required for each class. Write a program by realizing the necessary member
functions to read and display information of individual object. Every class
should contain at least one constructor and should be inherited to other
classes as well.

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Solution:

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Output:
College Name: Utech
Location: Bharatpur
Student Name: Kiran
Roll no: 12
Teacher Name: Manoz
Code: 105
Book Name: C++
Write Name: Robert
Code: 1010

Pointer to object (Object Pointer): C++ allows us to have pointer to


objects. The pointers pointing to objects are known as object pointers. These
pointers are declared by putting (*) in front of an object pointer’s name.

Syntax for object-pointer declaration:


Class_name *object-pointer-name;

For example: Student *ptr;


Here, ‘Student’ is an already defined class-name. And ‘ptr’ is an object pointer
that points to an object of type ‘Student’ class.

Example for object-pointer initialization:


Student s1; //creating object ‘s1’ of class ‘Student’
Student *ptr = &s1; // object pointer ‘ptr’ pointing to object ‘s1’

 The object pointer can be used to access the members of a class. The
arrow operator (->) is used for this purpose instead of dot(.) operator.

For example:
ptr -> display( );
It calls the ‘display’ member function of class ‘Student’.

To use the dot operator (.), we have to dereference the object pointer.
For example: (*ptr).display( );

An example program that demonstrates the use of object pointer is given below.
[Example program- 41]

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Example program- 41:

Output: Attack on Ukraine.


We are coming.

this pointer: A special pointer that points to the current object of the class
with the help of ‘this’ keyword is known as ‘this pointer’. The ‘this’ pointer is
passed as a hidden argument to all the non-static member function calls. It is
available as a local variable within their body and may be used to refer to the
invoking object. It is not available in static member functions and friend
functions.

Examples of use cases:


1. It can be used to know the address of the current object inside the called
member function. [Example program- 42 ]
2. It can be used for name conflict resolution. That means, when the name
of the local variable and data members is the same, ‘this’ pointer is used
to distinguish between them. [Example program- 43]
3. It is used to return the object or reference of the object it is pointing to.
[An example of this was demonstrated in the class. Try it again by yourself.]

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Example program- 42:

Output: Address of current object: 0x61fe1f

Example program- 43:

Output: The value of x: 5


The value of y: 7

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