Inheritance and the keyword SUPER

[sixtyfootersdude]

Hi,

I have a class cat that extend class animal. I want cat to be able to call a method in animal that is also defined in cat. The method is feed(). If I wanted to do this in Java I would go super.feed(). Anyone know how to do this in C++?

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Thanks in advance.
JS

[jsmith]

Presumably you would make feed() a virtual or pure virtual method in animal and then override it in cat.

class animal {
    virtual void feed() = 0;   // pure virtual
};

class cat : public animal {
    virtual void feed() { /* do stuff */ }
};

Given an object of type cat, calling feed() on that object would call cat::feed().
If feed() were not pure in the base, then given an object of type animal (and not cat), calling feed() on that object would call animal::feed().

Not sure if this is what you are asking because I don't do java.

[Faldrax]

To call a method from the base class you use the scope resolution operator ::

So if you have

class animal {
    virtual void feed() {/*Do general animal Stuff (not pure virtual) */};
};

class cat : public animal {
    virtual void feed() { /* do cat stuff */}
};

then

myCat.feed();        //Calls cat.feed
myCat.animal::feed() //Calls animal.feed 

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[sixtyfootersdude]

Thanks Faldrax,

That was exactly what I was looking for!

Jake