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Topic: DEVELOP > c-Plus-Plus
User: "parag"
Date: 16 Jan 2008 06:06:30 AM
Object: What are polymorphic classes
I kind of came across this term while studying something related to
dynamic_cast,
can somebody shed some light on the same
.

User: "James Kanze"

Title: Re: What are polymorphic classes 16 Jan 2008 01:57:16 PM
On Jan 16, 1:06 pm, parag <parag.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

I kind of came across this term while studying something
related to dynamic_cast, can somebody shed some light on the
same

Technically (and in association with dynamic_cast), a
polymorphic class is one which has one or more virtual
functions.
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User: "Michael DOUBEZ"

Title: Re: What are polymorphic classes 16 Jan 2008 06:46:50 AM
parag a écrit :

I kind of came across this term while studying something related to
dynamic_cast,
can somebody shed some light on the same

Polymorphic means that manipulating a class A, you are in fact acting on
a class B that derives from A.
See FAQ:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/virtual-functions.html#faq-20.2
Michael
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