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C++ Inheritance

Learn "is-a" relationships and class hierarchies

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Animal Kingdom Hierarchy
Explore how inheritance works using familiar animal classifications

Animal

Level 0

Attributes:

  • age
  • weight
  • isAlive

Methods:

  • eat()
  • sleep()
  • breathe()
Class Hierarchy Builder
Design your own inheritance relationships
Generated C++ Code
Live C++ representation with highlighted changes
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
// Build your inheritance hierarchy using the class designer
// Example:
// class Animal {
//   protected:
//     std::string name;
//   public:
//     virtual void makeSound() = 0;
// };
Key Inheritance Concepts

"Is-a" Relationship

Inheritance models an "is-a" relationship. A Dog "is-a" Animal.

Member Access

Public: accessible everywhere, Protected: accessible in derived classes, Private: accessible only in the same class

Code Reuse

Derived classes automatically gain all public and protected members from their base classes.

Specialization

Derived classes can add new members and override existing ones to specialize behavior.