Using C++, how do I correctly inherit from the same base class twice?

Question

This is our ideal inheritance hierarchy:

class Foobar;

class FoobarClient : Foobar;

class FoobarServer : Foobar;

class WindowsFoobar : Foobar;

class UnixF         


        

Answer 1

Try this example of composition and inheritance:

class Client_Base;
class Server_Base;

class Foobar
{
  Client_Base * p_client;
  Server_Base * p_server;
};

class Windows_Client : public Client_Base;
class Windows_Server : public Server_Base;

class Win32 : Foobar
{
  Win32()
  {
    p_client = new Windows_Client;
    p_server = new Windows_Server;
  }
};

class Unix_Client : public Client_Base;
class Unix_Server : public Server_Base;

class Unix : Foobar
{
  Unix()
  {
    p_client = new Unix_Client;
    p_server = new Unix_Server;
  }
};

Many experts have said that issues can be resolved with another level of indirection.