mappenzellar
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problem with accessing info from class
ok I have 2 classes. customerData and loanData. the problem is that I cannot access info from loanData in customerData because customerData is defined first. EX:
class customerData
{
public:
string name;
string streetAddress;
string city;
string state;
string zip;
loanData loanInfo; // THIS DOES NOT WORK BECUASE IT DOESN'T SEE THE CLASS BELOW YET
private:
};
class loanData: public customerData
{
public:
loanData();
~loanData();
void displayHeader();
void performCalcs();
void enterFinancials();
private:
double p;
double i;
double j;
customerData custInfo; // THIS WORKS CAUSE customerData class already exists
};
class customerData
{
public:
string name;
string streetAddress;
string city;
string state;
string zip;
loanData loanInfo; // THIS DOES NOT WORK BECUASE IT DOESN'T SEE THE CLASS BELOW YET
private:
};
class loanData: public customerData
{
public:
loanData();
~loanData();
void displayHeader();
void performCalcs();
void enterFinancials();
private:
double p;
double i;
double j;
customerData custInfo; // THIS WORKS CAUSE customerData class already exists
};
ASKER
ok..so maybe that part is wrong..was an attempt to get it to work..is there anyway to access info from loanData in customerData?
You can not have bothe classes contain each other.
If you are refering to the case where the class has not been yet declared then You could have a forward declaration
//forward declaration
class loanData;
class customerData
{
public:
string name;
string streetAddress;
string city;
string state;
string zip;
loanData loanInfo;
private:
};
class loanData
{
public:
loanData();
~loanData();
void displayHeader();
void performCalcs();
void enterFinancials();
private:
double p;
double i;
double j;
};
If you are refering to the case where the class has not been yet declared then You could have a forward declaration
//forward declaration
class loanData;
class customerData
{
public:
string name;
string streetAddress;
string city;
string state;
string zip;
loanData loanInfo;
private:
};
class loanData
{
public:
loanData();
~loanData();
void displayHeader();
void performCalcs();
void enterFinancials();
private:
double p;
double i;
double j;
};
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>> If loanData inherits from customerData, it does not make sense that customerData has a member that is a derived class. Re-check your data model.
That's absoutely true. You shouldn't have a derived class member in the base class, even it would work when using pointers or references.
>> ..is there anyway to access info from loanData in customerData
Yes, you may have virtual functions that give infos that can be evaluated in the base class.
class Base
{
virtual string getClassName() = 0; // makes Base abstract
bool isA(const string className) { return getClassName() == className; }
};
class Derived : public Base
{
string getClassName() { return "Derived"; }
};
Regards, Alex
That's absoutely true. You shouldn't have a derived class member in the base class, even it would work when using pointers or references.
>> ..is there anyway to access info from loanData in customerData
Yes, you may have virtual functions that give infos that can be evaluated in the base class.
class Base
{
virtual string getClassName() = 0; // makes Base abstract
bool isA(const string className) { return getClassName() == className; }
};
class Derived : public Base
{
string getClassName() { return "Derived"; }
};
Regards, Alex
you need to declare two classes before define.
class A;
class B;
calss C;
class A
{
public:
B b;
...
};
class B
{
public:
C c;
...
};
class C
{
public:
A a;
...
};
class A;
class B;
calss C;
class A
{
public:
B b;
...
};
class B
{
public:
C c;
...
};
class C
{
public:
A a;
...
};
So customerData has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData, which has a customerData, which as we already know has a loanData....
This class is of infinite size!
> is there anyway to access info from loanData in customerData?
Try to model your problem.
You might adopt the approach that Customers have Loans and Loans have pointers to their customers.
e.g.
--------8<--------
#include <vector>
class Customer; // We'll define this class later. This simply says that Customer is a class.
class Loan {
// ...price etc.
Customer* pcustomer; // We can put a pointer to the customer here
public:
// Your actual ctor will need to initialise the price too
Loan(Customer* pcustomer) : pcustomer(pcustomer) {} // Initialise the pointer in the ctor
};
class Customer {
// ...
std::vector<Loan> loanList;
public:
// Silly AddLoad implementation - you'll want price parameters to pass to your Loan ctor
void AddLoan()
{
loanList.push_back(Loan(th is));
}
};
int main()
{
Customer fred;
fred.AddLoan();
}
--------8<--------
You may be tempted to make the Loan take a reference to a Customer, but you'll find that STL requires that you define an assignment operator for Loan, which is something you cannot do, because a reference can't be made to refer to something different.
This class is of infinite size!
> is there anyway to access info from loanData in customerData?
Try to model your problem.
You might adopt the approach that Customers have Loans and Loans have pointers to their customers.
e.g.
--------8<--------
#include <vector>
class Customer; // We'll define this class later. This simply says that Customer is a class.
class Loan {
// ...price etc.
Customer* pcustomer; // We can put a pointer to the customer here
public:
// Your actual ctor will need to initialise the price too
Loan(Customer* pcustomer) : pcustomer(pcustomer) {} // Initialise the pointer in the ctor
};
class Customer {
// ...
std::vector<Loan> loanList;
public:
// Silly AddLoad implementation - you'll want price parameters to pass to your Loan ctor
void AddLoan()
{
loanList.push_back(Loan(th
}
};
int main()
{
Customer fred;
fred.AddLoan();
}
--------8<--------
You may be tempted to make the Loan take a reference to a Customer, but you'll find that STL requires that you define an assignment operator for Loan, which is something you cannot do, because a reference can't be made to refer to something different.
If loanData inherits from customerData, it does not make sense that customerData has a member that is a derived class. Re-check your data model.