abstract base class - how to initialize variables in derived?

[ali]

Hi,

I have a question with regards to abstract classes (understanding that
I cannot instantiate an abstract class).

If my Abstract base class has:

private:
int width;
int height;

How do I initialize/give values to these from my derived class? I
tried adding public methods to the base class, such as setWidth() and
setHeight(), and use them in the constructor of the derived class. Is
that a good solution? Is there any other method I can use?

I know that I cannot access base::height and base::width from the
derived class as they are private variables.

Thanks,

Ali

[angrybaldguy]

On Feb 26, 9:27 pm, "ali" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I have a question with regards to abstract classes (understanding that
I cannot instantiate an abstract class).

If my Abstract base class has:

private:
int width;
int height;

How do I initialize/give values to these from my derived class? I
tried adding public methods to the base class, such as setWidth() and
setHeight(), and use them in the constructor of the derived class. Is
that a good solution? Is there any other method I can use?

Use the base class' constructor.

class ABC {
//...
protected: // or public: if appropriate
ABC (int w, int h):
width (w), height (h) {
}

private:
int width;
int height;
};

class Concrete : public ABC {
public:
Concrete ():
ABC(0, 0) {
}
// ...

[Paresh]

Please refer http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ee(vs.80).aspx