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Constructor Delegation in C++
Here we will see what is the constructor delegation? When a constructor calls other constructor of the same class, then it is called the constructor delegation. This feature is present from C++11.
Let us see the following program, and try to analyze what are the difficulties in this code.
Example
#include <iostream> using namespace std; class MyClass { int a, b, c; public: MyClass(){ a = b = c = 0; } MyClass(int c) { // Initializing a and b are redundent, only c initialization is needed here a = 0; b = 0; this->c = c; } void display(){ cout << "a : " << a << ", b : " << b << ", c : " << c; } }; main() { MyClass my_obj(5); my_obj.display(); }
Output
a : 0, b : 0, c : 5
Here we can see that the code is working fine, but there is some redundant code. The non-parameterized constructor can set the values of a and b to 1. So if we use the first constructor into the second one, then it will be more effective. For this reason, we have to use the method called constructor delegation.
Example
#include <iostream> using namespace std; class MyClass { int a, b, c; public: MyClass(){ a = b = c = 0; } MyClass(int c) : MyClass(){ //using constructor delegation this->c = c; } void display(){ cout << "a : " << a << ", b : " << b << ", c : " << c; } }; main() { MyClass my_obj(5); my_obj.display(); }
Output
a : 0, b : 0, c : 5
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