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Revision as of 22:20, 13 October 2019

Another two-parter here, and we got the real stuff now. Virtual functions allow you to unlock the true potential of inheritance in C++. You need to know this shit.

Topics Covered

Part 1

  • How to create a virtual function
  • Using the override keyword
  • Creating a pure virtual function
  • Using a container of pointers to manage a heterogeneous collection of objects
  • virtual destructors

Part 2

  • Using inheritance and composition together
  • Basic idea of a polymorphic state machine and its application to entity behavior

Video Timestamp Index

Tutorial 18.1


  • Creating a "Virtual Function" in the MemeFighter class 0:23
    • Create a free function DoSpecials() that calls SpecialMove() on the instances of the derived classes of MemeFighter
    • This requires the member function SpecialMove() to be added to the base class...
    • ... and the signatures of these member functions in the derived classes to match up
  • Enabling "Dynamic Dispatch" by using virtual on the member function in the base class 3:17
    • This enables the overridden functions in the child classes to be called
    • When you refer to a derived class object using a pointer or a reference to the base class, you can call a virtual function for that object and execute the derived class's version of the function
  • Applying the override keyword to increase code safety 5:17
    • Tells the compiler that you are intending to override something virtual in a base class
  • Making a base class member function "Pure Virtual" using virtual void Func(...) = 0; 7:08
    • This makes the base class an Abstract Class which cannot be instantiated
    • It enforces that the virtual function is overridden in all sub-classes
    • Whether you make a pure virtual function or whether you supply a default implementation depends on your situation 8:47
  • We have now applied the concept of "Polymorphism" 9:16
    • C++ polymorphism means that a call to a member function will cause a different function to be executed depending on the underlying type of object that invokes the function
    • Polymorphism creates the power to manage different types in a single container
  • Applying Polymorphism to a container of pointers to the shared base type of different derived class objects 9:46
    • In this case, we create two std::vector<MemeFighter*>s to enable team fights
    • These vectors contain pointers to the base type, this allows us to have a single vector that can manage objects of different types, as long as they all fall within the same hierarchy
    • To manage gameplay, we #include <algorithm>
    • Use std::any_of() with a predicate (Lambda function) that tests if team members are still alive 11:26
    • Use std::random_shuffle() to get different match-ups in every round of gameplay 11:46
    • Use std::partition() to ensure the maximum number of live matchups 11:57
    • Implementing the game battle loops 12:34
  • Applying Polymorphism to objects created on the heap (dynamic memory management) 13:46
    • Create vectors with pointers to dynamically created objects on the heap
    • When done, free the memory by calling delete on the pointers in the containers 14:18
  • "Virtual Destructors": Managing destructors in base and derived classes 14:48
    • Making the destructor in the parent class virtual ensures that the destructors of the children objects are called (it enables dynamic dispatch so the appropriate child class destructor is called)
    • The Construction and Destruction procedure and the order in which ojects are created/destroyed (RAII) 16:31
  • Review of termonology and concepts learned 19:49

Tutorial 18.2

  • Design choices in class hierarchy: inheritance vs. composition 0:43
    • The MemeFighter game is expanded such that fighters can hold weapons
    • Chili argues why this situation best lends itself to a composition relationship: the abstract fighter class can have a pointer to an abstract weapon class (which has derived classes for various types of weapons)
  • Adjusting the MemeFighter code to include the Weapon class 4:20
    • Adding MemeFighter member functions GiveWeapon(), PilferWeapon() 8:03
    • Adding derived classes of the Weapon class to repepresent Fist, Knife, Bat 9:34
  • Add feature where one fighter can take the other fighter's weapon 11:36
    • We add a free function TakeWeaponIfDead() that handles the weapon exchange
  • Recap of advantage of the inheritance-composition construct 14:00
    • It avoids having to change a fighter into a different type when exchanging weaponry
  • One more real world example 14:28
  • WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Source Code

Inheritance Github Repository

Errata

  • Forgot the virtual destructor for class Weapon! (this one hurts)
  • In the children, the function signatures should be: int CalculateDamage( const Attributes& attr,Dice& d ) const override
  • Though not technically an error, it might have been a better decision to make Weapon::GetName() and Weapon::GetRank() (pure) virtual functions (this would reduce the amount of per-instance data to just the vtable ptr)

See also

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