Dog Class Reference
#include <dog.h>
Inheritance diagram for Dog:
Public Member Functions | |
| Dog () | |
| Dog (string name, double age) throw ( out_of_range ) | |
| double | getDogYears () const |
| virtual void | print (ostream &out=cout) const |
| virtual void | read (istream &in) throw ( out_of_range ) |
Detailed Description
Dog class for storing information about dogs. Derived from Pet, which has a name and age.
- Version:
- 1.1, 7/21/10
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
| Dog::Dog | ( | ) |
Default constructor.
| Dog::Dog | ( | string | name, | |
| double | age | |||
| ) | throw ( out_of_range ) |
Explicit class constructor that initializes this pet object with the arguments name and age.
- Parameters:
-
name a string storing the name of this pet age a double storing the age of this pet
- Exceptions:
-
out_of_range if the age is out of range
Member Function Documentation
| double Dog::getDogYears | ( | ) | const |
Returns this dog's age in so-called dog years, using the rule of thumb that seven dog years equals one human year.
- Returns:
- age in dog years, a double
| void Dog::print | ( | ostream & | out = cout |
) | const [virtual] |
Prints this pet's width to the ostream out, which defaults to cout.
- Parameters:
-
out an ostream for printing (defaults to cout)
Reimplemented from Pet.
| void Dog::read | ( | istream & | in | ) | throw ( out_of_range ) [virtual] |
Reads this pet's characteristics from the ifstream argument, storing them in the respective data members.
- Parameters:
-
in an istream for reading
- Exceptions:
-
out_of_range if the age is out of range
Reimplemented from Pet.
The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:
