Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition)
Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134400242
Author: Tony Gaddis, Judy Walters, Godfrey Muganda
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 1RQE

A class that cannot be instantiated is a(n) _____ .

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The classes which cannot be instantiated are referred as “abstract base class”.

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Inheritance:

Inheritance is the concept of inheriting the members and properties of a base class from the derived class. The main advantages of inheritance are,

  • Code reusability and fast implementation.
  • Reduces the program code.

Abstract base class:

Abstract base class is a class which contains at least one pure virtual function.

  • Compiler will not permit the user to instantiate an abstract class.
  • Normally, in function the base class contains the implementation and the derived class overrides this implementation with its own implementation.
  • But, the class which inherits an abstract base class must provide definition to the pure virtual function.
    • The pure virtual functions implementation is not provided, and the function can be made pure virtual by adding (= 0) at the end of the function.
    • The pure virtual function is mostly implemented in the derived class and not in a base class.

Example for abstract base class with virtual function:

/*Abstract base class as it uses virtual function*/

class Base

{

/*Access specifier*/

public:

    /*virtual function*/

    virtual void disp() = 0

};

/*Virtual function definition*/

void Base::disp()     

{

    //statement;

}

Explanation:

In the above example,

  • Define the abstract base class with the name of “Base”.
    • Declare the pure virtual function with the name of “disp()” to make the class as the abstract class.
  • The implementation of pure virtual function “disp()” is not provided in base class. But, it is given outside of the class definition.
  • Hence, the abstract base class “Base” cannot be instantiated.

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