C++ Inheritance

C++ Access Specifiers & Inheritance

In C++, there are three access specifiers:

• public - members are accessible from outside the class
• private - members cannot be accessed (or viewed) from outside the class
• protected - members cannot be accessed from outside the class, however, they can be accessed in inherited classes.

Inheritance

It is possible to inherit attributes and methods from one class to another. We group the "inheritance concept" into two categories:

• derived class (child) - the class that inherits from another class
• base class (parent) - the class being inherited from

To inherit from a class, use the : symbol.