Programming Techniques Lab 1

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Spring 2014 1/4 Lab #5

Cairo University
Faculty of Engineering
Computer Engineering Department

CMP 103
Programming Techniques Lab
Spring 2014
LAB #5
Relation between Classes:
Inheritance


Objectives

After this lab, the student should be able to
Reuse code by inheriting from an existing class.
Access base class members and functions from the derived class.
Add new members and functionality to the derived class.
Use upcasting and downcasting.
Lab Outline
1- Creating a Class Hierarchy
Inheritance versus Composition. (has-a and is-a relationships).
Inheritance as a way of code reuse.
Relationship between base and derived classes. (is-a relationship).
What is inherited and what is not.
Constructor & Destructor not inherited
Friend functions not inherited.
Other base class functions inherited
Overloaded operators (except = operator) inherited
Calling a base class function from the derived class.
Derived class can have its own member data and functions.
2- Construction and Destruction
When creating an object of a derived class
Constructor of the derived class is called.
Constructor of the base class is executed first, then
Constructor of any composed objects is executed, then
Constructor of the derived class is executed.
Initializer list
Must be used if there is no default constructor in the base class.
Doesn't affect the construction order.
Object destruction works in the inverse way of construction.
See Examples Part1
3- Function Overriding
A function with the same signature in the derived class overrides that of the base.
The overriding function hides all overloaded versions in the base from the derived
class.
Calling an overridden base class function from the derived class.
See Examples Part2
Programming Techniques Lab 1
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Spring 2014 2/4 Lab #5

4- Upcasting and Downcasting
Upcasting is safe: All functions/members of base class are part of the derived class.
Downcasting is NOT safe:
Some functions/members may be in the derived class but not in the base
class.
Can't be done for objects.
See Examples Part2
Examples (Examples.sln)

1. Inheritance
2. Overriding and Casting
Exercise 1 (ungraded)
Implement the following classes (add any more needed functions)
Class Engine

Variable Name Variable type
Torque float
Speed float

It has one constructor that takes Torque and Speed as parameters
A function PrintInfo that prints Engine data

Class Car
Given that car consists of an Engine and plate number
A function PrintInfo() that prints the values of all the members of the Car
At least 2 constructors should exist
o One that takes engine torque and speed and plate number as parameters
o One that takes no parameters and sets the values to defaults of your choice.

Class RacingCar
Given that the Racing car is a type of cars
A racing car should have a sponsor name
A function PrintInfo() that prints the values of all the members of the Racing car
A constructor that takes all racing car parameters

Programming Techniques Lab 1
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Spring 2014 3/4 Lab #5

Test you program using the following main

Car C1(400,0.65, 112461);
Car C2;
C1.PrintInfo();
C2.PrintInfo();
C2=C1;
C2.setSpeed(200);
C2.PrintInfo();
RacingCar C3("Ferrari",350,0.5,336749);
RacingCar C4("Mercedes",250,0.45,446261);
C3.PrintInfo();
C4.PrintInfo();
C3.setSponser("Hyundai");
C4.setSpeed(300);
C3.PrintInfo();
C4.PrintInfo();


Exercise 2 (ungraded)
Implement the following classes:
Class Employee
- Data members: name (string), pay rate (float), pay period (integer, 1- weekly, 2- bi-
weekly, 3- monthly)
- Member functions:
- A default constructor to initialize the employee data.
- Get_employee_data that return all employee basic data
- Get_employee_salary that return the employees pay (number of
working hours * pay rate)

Class Manger
Manager is a regular employee with the difference that they may be paid with a fixed salary
regardless the number of working hours.
- IsSalaried flag indicates if the manager paid a fixed salary or not
- GetSalaried returns the value of Issalaried flag
- get_employee_salary that returns manager salary
- a constructor to set manger information.


Programming Techniques Lab 1
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Year
Spring 2014 4/4 Lab #5

Class Supervisor
A supervisor is responsible for employees in a specific department and must:
Have a field to store the department name (as a string).
Have getDept() and setDept() methods to access the department field.
Always be salaried (i.e., pay for a single pay period is fixed, no matter how many hours are
worked).
Have a constructor that takes initial values for all fields.
What class should Supervisor inherit from?

Write the main to test your classes .