Flash cards
Review the key moves
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Core idea
What is the main idea behind C++ Inheritance Access?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
1Quick choice
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
2Fill blank
Complete the missing token from the example code.
// Base ___ class Employee { protected: // Protected access specifier int salary;3Order
Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
The third specifier, protected , is similar to private , but it can also be accessed in the inherited class:
Until now, we have only used public (members of a class are accessible from outside the class) and private (members can only be accessed within the class).
You learned from the Access Specifiers chapter that there are three specifiers available in C++.
Access Specifiers
You learned from the Access Specifiers chapter that there are three specifiers available in C++.
Until now, we have only used public (members of a class are accessible from outside the class) and private (members can only be accessed within the class).
The third specifier, protected , is similar to private , but it can also be accessed in the inherited class:
Example
// Base class class Employee { protected: // Protected access specifier int salary;
};
// Derived class class Programmer: public Employee { public: int bonus; void setSalary(int s) { salary = s;
}
int getSalary() {
return salary;
}
};
int main() {
Programmer myObj;
myObj.setSalary(50000);
myObj.bonus = 15000;
cout << "Salary: " << myObj.getSalary() << "\n";
cout << "Bonus: " << myObj.bonus << "\n";
return 0;
}