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Static Data Member and Functions: Thapar University 1 UTA009

This document discusses static data members and functions in C++. It provides examples of declaring and defining static data members outside of a class. Static members exist before any objects are created and are shared among all objects of the class. Static functions can only access other static members and cannot access non-static members or use the this pointer. The document also gives an example of using static members to control access to a shared resource among multiple class objects.

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Static Data Member and Functions: Thapar University 1 UTA009

This document discusses static data members and functions in C++. It provides examples of declaring and defining static data members outside of a class. Static members exist before any objects are created and are shared among all objects of the class. Static functions can only access other static members and cannot access non-static members or use the this pointer. The document also gives an example of using static members to control access to a shared resource among multiple class objects.

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Lecture 10

Static Data Member and Functions

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Static Data Member
• Single copy exists; shared by all the objects.
• Also known as class variables.
• Exists and initialized to zero before any object is
created.
• Within a class, they are declared not defined.
• Requires a global definition outside the class.
– Re-declaration using scope resolution operator.
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Example
1. #include<iostream> myClass Common to all the objects
2. using namespace std;
a c set() get()
3. class myClass
4. { static int a; int b;
5. public: Object 1 Object 2 Object O
6. static int c; b b … b
7. void set(int i, int j)
8. { a++; b = i; c = j; }
9. void get()
10. { cout << "\nStatic a: " << a << ". Non-static b: " << b
<< ". Static c: " << c; }
11. };
12. int myClass :: a = 10;
13. int myClass :: c;
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Example
14. int main()
15. {
16. cout << "\nPublic Static c: " << myClass :: c;
17. myClass m1, m2;
18. m1.set(1,2);
19. m2.set(3,4);
20. m1.get();
21. m2.get();
22. return 0; Output
23. } Public Static c: 0
Static a: 12. Non-static b: 1. Static c: 4
Static a: 12. Non-static b: 3. Static c: 4

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Uses
• Provide access control of shared resource used
by all the objects of a class, e.g. writing a file.

• To keep track of the number of objects of a


particular class type.

• Note:

Virtually eliminates any need for global variables.


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Static Member Functions
• Can access only other static members of the class.
• Do not have a this pointer.
• They cannot be declared as const or volatile.
• They may not be virtual.
• There cannot be static and non-static version of the
same function.
• Can be called using
– An object.
– Class name and scope resolution operator.

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Example
• Objective: Write a program to provide access
control to some shared resource.
• Example:
Create several objects, each of which wants to print
a file on a specific printer. Clearly, only one object
can be allowed to print a file at a time. In this case,
declare a static variable that indicates when the
printer is in use and when it is free. Each object
then interrogates this variable to get the printer.

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Contd…
1. #include<iostream> 15. int shared :: resource;
2. using namespace std; 16. int main()
3. class shared 17. {
4. { static int resource; 18. shared o1, o2;
5. public: 19. if(o1.getResource())
6. static int getResource() 20. cout << "\no1 has resource.";
7. { if(resource) return 0; 21. if(!shared :: getResource())
8. else cout << "\no2 access denied.";
9. { resource = 1; 22. o1.freeResource();
10. return 1; } 23. if(shared :: getResource())
11. } 24. cout << "\no2 has resource.";
12. void freeResource() 25. return 0;
13. { resource = 0; } 26. }
14. };
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Uses

• Very limited application.

• Pre-initialize private static data members of a


class before any object is actually created.

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