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King · May 14th, 2006, 9:37 PM

I just finished my second year of my three year programming course at college. On the break I am gonna go back and update some old programs I have done in the past to keep my skills fresh. I am gonna start with a blackjack program I did a couple years ago. I want to add inheritance to my classes, and wanted a bit of input b4 I do my overhaul. Here is the previous structure :

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class Dealer
{
private:
  std::vector<Card> vecShoe;
  std::vector<Card> vecHand;
  int total;
public:
  Dealer(); 
  std::vector<Card> GetHand();
  void RecieveCard(); 
  int GetTotal();
  void ShuffleDeck();
  void LoadDeck();
  Card DealCard();
};

class Player
{
private:
  std::vector<Card> vecHand;
  int total;
  int money;
public:
  Player();
  std::vector<Card> GetHand();
  void RecieveCard(Card card);
  int GetTotal();
  int GetMoney();
  void SetMoney(int money);
};

If you need more info on the functions let me know. I want to add some inheritance. Do you guys think there is even a point to doing inheritance on this example? I guess there is a couple similar functions, but is there enough to even bother making a base class and all that stuff? Let me know what you guys would do with this to clean it up and make it better.

King · May 14th, 2006, 10:08 PM

I guess if I simply wanted to add inheritance I could just go:

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class Dealer
{
private:
  std::vector<Card> vecShoe;
protected:
  std::vector<Card> vecHand;
  int total;
public:
  Dealer(); 
  virtual std::vector<Card> GetHand();
  virtual void RecieveCard(); 
  virtual int GetTotal();
  void ShuffleDeck();
  void LoadDeck();
  void PrintDeck();
  Card DealCard();
};

class Player: public Dealer
{
private:
  int money;
public:
  Player();
  std::vector<Card> GetHand();
  void RecieveCard(Card card);
  int GetTotal();
  int GetMoney();
  void SetMoney(int money);
};

andro · May 15th, 2006, 2:46 AM

Well, a dealer is just a player with a special set of rules.. so start there.

Jimbo · May 15th, 2006, 2:48 AM

I think you've got your inheritance backwards. A Dealer is a form of a Player, but a Player is not a form of a Dealer.

May 14th, 2006, 9:37 PM	#1
King Professional Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 378 Rep Power: 3	Updating my old blackjack program I just finished my second year of my three year programming course at college. On the break I am gonna go back and update some old programs I have done in the past to keep my skills fresh. I am gonna start with a blackjack program I did a couple years ago. I want to add inheritance to my classes, and wanted a bit of input b4 I do my overhaul. Here is the previous structure : (Toggle Plain Text) class Dealer { private: std::vector<Card> vecShoe; std::vector<Card> vecHand; int total; public: Dealer(); std::vector<Card> GetHand(); void RecieveCard(); int GetTotal(); void ShuffleDeck(); void LoadDeck(); Card DealCard(); }; class Player { private: std::vector<Card> vecHand; int total; int money; public: Player(); std::vector<Card> GetHand(); void RecieveCard(Card card); int GetTotal(); int GetMoney(); void SetMoney(int money); }; class Dealer { private: std::vector<Card> vecShoe; std::vector<Card> vecHand; int total; public: Dealer(); std::vector<Card> GetHand(); void RecieveCard(); int GetTotal(); void ShuffleDeck(); void LoadDeck(); Card DealCard(); }; class Player { private: std::vector<Card> vecHand; int total; int money; public: Player(); std::vector<Card> GetHand(); void RecieveCard(Card card); int GetTotal(); int GetMoney(); void SetMoney(int money); }; If you need more info on the functions let me know. I want to add some inheritance. Do you guys think there is even a point to doing inheritance on this example? I guess there is a couple similar functions, but is there enough to even bother making a base class and all that stuff? Let me know what you guys would do with this to clean it up and make it better. __________________ I am Addicted to Linux!

May 14th, 2006, 10:08 PM	#2
King Professional Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 378 Rep Power: 3	I guess if I simply wanted to add inheritance I could just go: (Toggle Plain Text) class Dealer { private: std::vector<Card> vecShoe; protected: std::vector<Card> vecHand; int total; public: Dealer(); virtual std::vector<Card> GetHand(); virtual void RecieveCard(); virtual int GetTotal(); void ShuffleDeck(); void LoadDeck(); void PrintDeck(); Card DealCard(); }; class Player: public Dealer { private: int money; public: Player(); std::vector<Card> GetHand(); void RecieveCard(Card card); int GetTotal(); int GetMoney(); void SetMoney(int money); }; class Dealer { private: std::vector<Card> vecShoe; protected: std::vector<Card> vecHand; int total; public: Dealer(); virtual std::vector<Card> GetHand(); virtual void RecieveCard(); virtual int GetTotal(); void ShuffleDeck(); void LoadDeck(); void PrintDeck(); Card DealCard(); }; class Player: public Dealer { private: int money; public: Player(); std::vector<Card> GetHand(); void RecieveCard(Card card); int GetTotal(); int GetMoney(); void SetMoney(int money); }; __________________ I am Addicted to Linux!

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May 15th, 2006, 2:46 AM	#3
andro Professional Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: California Posts: 316 Rep Power: 4	Well, a dealer is just a player with a special set of rules.. so start there.

May 15th, 2006, 2:48 AM	#4
Jimbo Battle Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA Posts: 769 Rep Power: 3	I think you've got your inheritance backwards. A Dealer is a form of a Player, but a Player is not a form of a Dealer.

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