Re: Inherited Methods and such

["Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>]

<shaunpatterson@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1190039166.449906.15070@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
[snip]
> Is this type of method inheritance supported in ada? If so,
> where am I going wrong?
>

Yes this type of method inheritance is supported in Ada, but you're using 
the wrong constructs.

The Ada equivalent to a C++ class is a tagged type.

In C++ you may declare a class:

class Base is
{
    public:
        virtual void Test1();
};

In Ada the equivalent is::

  type Base is tagged null record;

  procedure Test1( obj : Base );


To derive a subclass from Base in C++ you would use:

class Derived : public Base
{
    public:
        virtual void Test1();
};

The Ada equivalent is:

  type Derived is new Base with null record;

  procedure Test1( obj : Derived );

In C++ to declare an objects of type Base an Derived and to invoke their 
Test1 functions you use:

  Base obj1;
  Derived obj2;

  obj1.Test1();
  obj2.Test1();

The Ada 95 equivalent is:

  declare
    obj1 : Base;
    obj2 : Derived;
  begin
    Test1( obj1 );
    Test1( obj2 );
  end;

Or in Ada 2005 you may use the alternative syntax:


  declare
    obj1 : Base;
    obj2 : Derived;
  begin
    obj1.Test1;
    obj2.Test1;
  end;

The sample code below does some of what your example code was doing, and may 
be helpful in helping to sort things out.

-------------------------------
package Base_Package is

   type Base_Class is tagged null record;

   procedure Test1( base : Base_Class );

   procedure Test2( base : Base_Class );

end Base_Package;

-------------------------------
with Ada.Text_IO;
 use Ada.Text_IO;
package body Base_Package is

   procedure Test1( base : Base_Class ) is
   begin
     Put_Line( "Test1 FROM BASE CLASS");
   end Test1;

   procedure Test2( base : Base_Class ) is
   begin
     Put_Line( "Test2 FROM BASE CLASS");
   end Test2;

end Base_Package;

-------------------------------
with Base_Package;
 use Base_Package;
package Base_Subclass_Package is

   type Base_Subclass is new Base_Class with null record;

   procedure Test1( base : Base_Subclass );

   procedure Test2( base : Base_Subclass );

end Base_Subclass_Package;

-------------------------------
with Ada.Text_IO;
 use Ada.Text_IO;
package body Base_Subclass_Package is

   procedure Test1( base : Base_Subclass ) is
   begin
     Put_Line( "Test1 FROM BASE SUBCLASS");
   end Test1;

   procedure Test2( base : Base_Subclass ) is
   begin
     Put_Line( "Test2 FROM BASE SUBCLASS");
   end Test2;

end Base_Subclass_Package;

-------------------------------
with Base_Package;
 use Base_Package;
with Base_Subclass_Package;
 use Base_Subclass_Package;

procedure Run_Test is
   a : Base_Class;
   b : Base_Subclass;

   procedure DoIt( base : Base_Class'class ) is
   begin
     Test1( base );
   end DoIt;

begin
  DoIt( a );
  DoIt( b );
end Run_Test;

Regards,
Steve
(The Duck)

> Thanks
> --
> Shaun Patterson
>