// public methods
double Student::Average() const
{
if (ArrayDb::size() > 0)
return ArrayDb::sum()/ArrayDb::size();
else
return 0;
}
const string & Student::Name() const
{
return (const string &) *this;
}
double & Student::operator[](int i)
{
return ArrayDb::operator[](i); // use ArrayDb::operator[]()
}
double Student::operator[](int i) const
{
return ArrayDb::operator[](i);
}
// private method
ostream & Student::arr_out(ostream & os) const
{
int i;
int lim = ArrayDb::size();
if (lim > 0)
{
for (i = 0; i < lim; i++)
{
os << ArrayDb::operator[](i) << " ";
if (i % 5 == 4)
os << endl;
}
if (i % 5 != 0)
os << endl;
}
else
os << " empty array ";
return os;
}
// friends
// use String version of operator>>()
istream & operator>>(istream & is, Student & stu)
{
is >> (string &)stu;
return is;
}
// use string friend getline(ostream &, const string &)
istream & getline(istream & is, Student & stu)
{
getline(is, (string &)stu);
return is;
}
// use string version of operator<<()
ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, const Student & stu)
{
os << "Scores for " << (const string &) stu << ":\n";
stu.arr_out(os); // use private method for scores
return os;
}
Again, because the example reuses the string and valarray code, relatively little new code is needed, aside from the private helper method.
Using the Revised Student Class
Once again, it’s time to test a new class. Note that the two versions of the Student class have exactly the same public interface, so you can test the two versions with exactly the same program. The only difference is that you have to include studenti.h instead of studentc.h, and you have to link the program with studenti.cpp instead of with studentc.cpp. Listing 14.6 shows the program. Be sure to compile it along with studenti.cpp.
Listing 14.6. use_stui.cpp
// use_stui.cpp -- using a class with private inheritance
// compile with studenti.cpp
#include
#include "studenti.h"
using std::cin;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
void set(Student & sa, int n);
const int pupils = 3;
const int quizzes = 5;
int main()
{
Student ada[pupils] =
{Student(quizzes), Student(quizzes), Student(quizzes)};
int i;
for (i = 0; i < pupils; i++)
set(ada[i], quizzes);
cout << "\nStudent List:\n";
for (i = 0; i < pupils; ++i)
cout << ada[i].Name() << endl;
cout << "\nResults:";
for (i = 0; i < pupils; i++)
{
cout << endl << ada[i];
cout << "average: " << ada[i].Average() << endl;
}
cout << "Done.\n";
return 0;
}
void set(Student & sa, int n)
{
cout << "Please enter the student's name: ";
getline(cin, sa);
cout << "Please enter " << n << " quiz scores:\n";
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
cin >> sa[i];
while (cin.get() != '\n')
continue;
}
Here is a sample run of the program in Listing 14.6:
Please enter the student's name: Gil Bayts
Please enter 5 quiz scores:
92 94 96 93 95
Please enter the student's name: Pat Roone
Please enter 5 quiz scores:
83 89 72 78 95
Please enter the student's name: Fleur O'Day
Please enter 5 quiz scores:
92 89 96 74 64
Student List:
Gil Bayts
Pat Roone
Fleur O'Day
Results:
Scores for Gil Bayts:
92 94 96 93 95
average: 94
Scores for Pat Roone:
83 89 72 78 95
average: 83.4
Scores for Fleur O'Day:
92 89 96 74 64
average: 83
Done.
The same input as before leads to the same output that the containment version produces.
Containment or Private Inheritance?
Given that you can model a
However, private inheritance does offer features beyond those provided by containment. Suppose, for example, that a class has protected members, which could either be data members or member functions. Such members are available to derived classes but not to the world at large. If you include such a class in another class by using composition, the new class is part of the world at large, not a derived class. Hence it can’t access protected members. But using inheritance makes the new class a derived class, so it can access protected members.