Constructors Destructors What is a Constructor A constructor

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Constructors & Destructors

Constructors & Destructors

What is a Constructor? • A constructor is a member function of a class

What is a Constructor? • A constructor is a member function of a class which initializes objects of a class. • In C++, Constructor is automatically called when object(instance of class) is created. • It is special member function of the class. How constructors are different from a normal member function? • • Constructor has same name as the class itself Constructors don’t have return type A constructor is automatically called when an object is created. If we do not specify a constructor, C++ compiler generates a default constructor for us (expects no parameters and has an empty body).

Types of Constructors? • Default Constructors: Default constructor is the constructor which doesn’t take

Types of Constructors? • Default Constructors: Default constructor is the constructor which doesn’t take any argument. It has no parameters. • Parameterized Constructors: It is possible to pass arguments to constructors. Typically, these arguments help initialize an object when it is created. To create a parameterized constructor, simply add parameters to it the way you would to any other function. When you define the constructor’s body, use the parameters to initialize the object. • Copy Constructor: A copy constructor is a member function which initializes an object using another object of the same class.

What is Destructor? • Destructor is a member function which destructs or deletes an

What is Destructor? • Destructor is a member function which destructs or deletes an object. When is destructor called? • The function ends. • The program ends. • A block containing local variables ends. A delete operator is called. How destructors are different from a normal member function? • Destructors have same name as the class preceded by a tilde (~). • Destructors don’t take any argument and don’t return anything(not even void).

Can there be more than one destructor in a class? • No, there can

Can there be more than one destructor in a class? • No, there can only one destructor in a class with classname preceded by ~, no parameters and no return type. When do we need to write a user-defined destructor? If we do not write our own destructor in class, compiler creates a default destructor for us. The default destructor works fine unless we have dynamically allocated memory or pointer in class. When a class contains a pointer to memory allocated in class, we should write a destructor to release memory before the class instance is destroyed. This must be done to avoid memory leak

Default 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Default 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { int side; public: Cube() { cout<<"Constructor Called"; } }; int main() { Cube c; } • Output Constructor Called

Parameterized Constructor 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Parameterized Constructor 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { private: int side; public: Cube(int x) { side=x; } int get. Data() { return side; } }; int main() { Cube c 1(10); Cube c 2(20); Cube c 3(30); cout << c 1. get. Data()<<endl; cout << c 2. get. Data()<<endl; cout << c 3. get. Data()<<endl; } Output: 10 20 30

Copy Constructor #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { public: int

Copy Constructor #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { public: int side; Public: Cube(Cube &obj) {side = obj. x; } }; int main() { Cube c 1; c 1. side=5; Cube c 2(c 1); cout << c 2. side<<endl; Output 5

#include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { private: int side; public:

#include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { private: int side; public: Cube() { side=1; } Cube(int x) { side=x; } Cube(Cube &obj) {side = obj. x; } int get. Data() { return side; } }; int main() { Cube c 1(); Cube c 2(20); Cube c 3(30); cout << c 1. get. Data()<<endl; cout << c 2. get. Data()<<endl; cout << c 3. get. Data()<<endl; Cube c 4(c 2); cout << c 4. get. Data()<<endl; } Output 1 20 30 20

Destructor #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { int side; public:

Destructor #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; class Cube { int side; public: ~Cube() { cout<<"Destructor Called"; } }; int main() { Cube c; } Output Destructor Called