Inheritance in C++
In Object Oriented Programming, inheritance is a mechanism of acquiring properties and behaviors in one class from another. In C++, one class can be derived from another class which is…
Friend Class in C++
The private and protected class members are not allowed to be accessed from outside the class. Only inherited or derived classes can access the protected members of its parent or…
Friend Function in C++
Private and protected class members are not allowed be accessed from outside the class. We can access the private members only from the same class, whereas, the protected members can…
Returning the ‘this’ Pointer from a Member Function
In C++, member functions get executed in the context of an object. And a special pointer, this, holds the address of that object. We can return the address (pointer), reference…
Method Chaining in C++
Method chaining is a mechanism of calling multiple functions (methods) in a single statement. It helps us reduce number of lines in the code and increase code elegancy. And in…