Thread: Equivalent of Java's "super" keyword

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    Equivalent of Java's "super" keyword

    What I want to do is to be able to access a method that was overridden in a subclass. I could do it in Java but don't know how to do this in C++. It would be something like this:

    PHP Code:
    class A
    {
      public:
        
    void method();
    };

    void A:method()
    {
      
    //do something
    }

    class 
    : class A
    {
      public:
        
    method();
    };

    void B:method();
    {
      
    //do what is in class A's method() and then do something else  

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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    struct A
    {
        void f()
        {
            std::cout << "A::f\n";
        }
    };
    
    struct B : A
    {
        void f()
        {
            A::f();
            std::cout << "B::f\n";
        }
    };
    
    int main()
    {
        B b;
        b.f();
    }
    - lmov

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    OK, I've done mostly Java programming but I've moved to C++. So you can say A::method() even if the method isn't static? I didn't know that....
    I would test it myself but I don't have a compiler on this computer.

    Thanks
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    As above, but if you are doing this from outside the class's structure, you can call the base function using a base pointer....

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    class A{
    public:
    	void Method(void){cout << "Hello from A" << endl;}
    };
    
    class B : public A{
    public:
    	void Method(void){
    		cout << "Hello from B" << endl;}
    	void CallBoth(void){
    		Method();
    		A::Method();//1. Call with base scope
    	}
    };
    
    int main(void){
    
    A myA,*ptrA;
    B myB;
    
    	myA.Method();
    	myB.Method();
    
    	ptrA = &myB;
    
    	ptrA->Method();//2. Call the base function via a base pointer
    
    	myB.CallBoth();
    
    	return 0;
    }

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    The ". " and its copyright...

    When I first studied OOP, and Classes,
    they told us to think about "." as a copy right ...

    As in the last post,

    Originally posted by Fordy

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    class A{
    public:
    	void Method(void){cout << "Hello from A" << endl;}
    };
    
    class B : public A{
    public:
    	void Method(void){
    		cout << "Hello from B" << endl;}
    	void CallBoth(void){
    		Method();
    		A::Method();//1. Call with base scope
    	}
    };
    
    int main(void){
    
    A myA,*ptrA;
    B myB;
    
    	myA.Method();
    	myB.Method();
    
    	ptrA = &myB;
    
    	ptrA->Method();//2. Call the base function via a base pointer
    
    	myB.CallBoth();
    
    	return 0;
    }
    [/B]
    After you inheret the public part from class A in B you will be able to access the methods of A class inside the B class.

    by writing A.method1(); // And So onn.

    I hope you like C++.
    C++
    The best

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    Originally posted by JasonLikesJava
    OK, I've done mostly Java programming but I've moved to C++. So you can say A::method() even if the method isn't static? I didn't know that....
    I would test it myself but I don't have a compiler on this computer.

    Thanks

    Yes you can because the constructor of the base class is called before the constructor of the other class.

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    Re: The ". " and its copyright...

    Originally posted by NANO
    I hope you like C++.
    I think I do like C++ better

    Thanks all. I've got it all figured out.
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