Copy constructor needs to call a method that depends on the object, but constructor can't be virtual

Question

I have an abstract base class with two inherited classes. In both these classes I define a virtual method that is used by the constructor. Now I need to create a copy constr

Answer 1

Create a virtual method in the object that's passed as an argument to the copy constructor, and call it from the copy constructor. Pass 'this' to that method if necessary.