Thread: acess private members on diferent classes

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    acess private members on diferent classes

    So guys I'm making a computer game in university.. I'm having a trouble to make this working.. I have to make a game similar to Civilization, I've done some classes like this:

    board - faction (vector) - cities - habitants
    - artifacts (vector)

    Basicaly my board includes some factions and artifacts.. My factions include some cities and habitants and then I've habitants outside the cities.. So I've done this..

    That's my board:
    Code:
    class tabuleiro
    {
    	Consola c;          // predefined to acess console functions
    	vector <faccao> f;     // factions
    	vector <artefacto> a; // artifacts
    
    	int posx, posy;
    	int max_ox, max_oy;
    	int fact_num;
    	int dificuldade;
    	string tipo;
    
    public:
    [....]
    my factions
    Code:
    class faccao
    {
    	string nome;
    	int ouro, comida, id, cor;
    
    	vector <cidade> city;        // cities
    	vector <habitante> hab;    // habitants
    public:
    [...]
    city
    Code:
    class cidade
    {
    	string nome;
    	int posx, posy, id, cor;
    
    public:
    	cidade(string nome2, int x, int y, int id2, int cor2); // constructor
    	cidade(void);
    	~cidade(void);
    [...]
    In the begining of the game we have to create a faction.. That's done, and then assossiate a city to it.

    Code:
    cidade cidad(f[i].get_nome(), posx+posx+2, posy+posy+2, i+1, 13); // Construtor
    f[i].city.push_back(cidad); // The problem is here**
    **Since I cannot use friend classes nor use public data how should I proceed?

    Thanks in advance,
    George

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    Use Member functions. I can't see any in your code.

    Besides, your coding style is just awful.

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    Don't use (void) in C++. Just use empty brackets i.e. ()

    You might also want to read up on the Law of Demeter
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    Thanks kmdv and iMalc.. I know that my coding style isn't that great but I do have member functions liket GET and SET in all classes.. Thought the only one I'm not seing is how do I get vector city function (class faccao) so that the function would be seen as f[i].GET_city() (class tabuleiro)...

    Thank you for your attention.

    EDIT:

    I do have declared in class faccao now
    Code:
    public:
    	vector <cidade> city;		// ILEGAL!!! Alterar depois para private
    	vector <habitante> hab;	// ILEGAL!!! Alterar depois para private
    so I can use f[i].city[i].. But since this is public I cannot use that.
    Last edited by JOKAZ; 12-11-2011 at 03:05 AM.

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    Right, you grant access to private members via accessors and mutators. You need to provide functions which add to the contained objects in your classes, like

    Code:
    city.addNewCity(const cidade &newCity)
    Also, I would say that your contained classes should be plural to reflect that there may be more than one, so

    Code:
    class faccao
    {
    	string nome;
    	int ouro, comida, id, cor;
    
    	vector <cidade> cities;        // cities
    	vector <habitante> habs;    // habitants
    public:
            void addCity(const cidade &city) { cities.push_back(city); }
            cidade getCity(const string &name) { /* implement search via name */ }
    [...]

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    Thanks rags_to_riches that's what I was missing.. It did the trick. Thanks man

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