What are polymorphic classes

[parag]

I kind of came across this term while studying something related to
dynamic_cast,
can somebody shed some light on the same

 

[Michael DOUBEZ]

parag a écrit :

I kind of came across this term while studying something related to
dynamic_cast,
can somebody shed some light on the same

Polymorphic means that manipulating a class A, you are in fact acting on
a class B that derives from A.
See FAQ:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/virtual-functions.html#faq-20.2


Michael

 

[James Kanze]

I kind of came across this term while studying something
related to dynamic_cast, can somebody shed some light on the
same

Technically (and in association with dynamic_cast), a
polymorphic class is one which has one or more virtual
functions.