I have a base class which serves as an interface (if I use that word correctly). The idea is that the base class has some derived classes that implement one virtual function of the base class. Then I also need another class who extends the base class (lets call it extended base). What I would like is that I can store a class derived from base into an extended base pointer.
MWE:
class Base {
public:
virtual ~Base();
virtual double value();
}
class Derived : public Base{
public:
double value() override {return 5;}
}
class ExtendedBase : public Base {
public:
virtual ~ExtendedBase ();
virtual double value2(){return 10;}
}
int main() {
ExtendedBase * object;
object = new Derived();
std::cout << object->value(); //should give implementation in Derived, i.e. 5
std::cout << object->value2(); //should give implementation in ExtendedBase, i.e. 10
delete object;
return 0;
}
With this MWE I get a compile error at the second line in the main. error: cannot convert 'Derived*' to 'ExtendedBase*' in assignment object = new Derived();
. Part of me understands why it doesn't work (although I can't explain), but I would like to know if I can get the desired behaviour in some other way.
P.S. Sorry about the bad question name, I couldn't think of another way to keep it short
P.S.2 I know raw pointers like this are not advised. In the future I will change to smart pointers but I don't think there are needed for this simple example
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