// Example of C++'s rules for method calls when extending a base class.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

/** This C++ class is going to be the parent class.
 ** It defines a toString member function.
 **/

class Parent {
public:
  Parent() {};

  char* toString() {
    return "I'm Parent's toString()";
  }
};
 
/** C++ class that inherits from Parent, also defining
 ** a toString() member function.
 **/

class Derived : public Parent {
public:
  Derived() {};

  char* toString() {
    return "I'm Derived's toString()";
  }
};

/** Test driver */

main() {
    Derived d;
    cout << d.toString() << endl;

    // Get at parent class's behavoir
    Parent p = (Parent) d;
    cout << p.toString() << endl;
    getchar();

    // And, of course, there is no Object that everything 
    // derives from in C++ so there are no other
    // possibilities.
}