Polymorphism program - c++

Question

I am needing help with polymorphism. I have no clue how to work with this. I have to write a program that creates an Orc and a Human and demonstrates the behavior of the classes. I am just needing some help with setting this program up. I have set up the classes with the information, but how do I get the createCharacter function to work? Would I have characterTotal = characterStrength + characterDexterity + characterIntelligence in the createCharacter function? I know my program is not correct right now and I have some errors and things, but I am still just trying to get a better understanding of this.
UPDATE:
I am having trouble with the createCharacter function. It is a pure virtual function and I am needing some help on how to get it to work.
For Human class createCharacter will:
Get the values of STR, DEX and INT. Will calculate the total of the values.
(Let’s assume STR = 17, DEX = 12 and INT = 10. It will store 37 into characterTotal.Itwill print out a message: “The strong human Paladin, has a total scoreof 37.” (Strong adjective comes due to STR being 17. If something is above 17 you should say something related. STR = strong, DEX = dexterous, INT =
intelligent).
For Orc class createCharacter will:
Get the values of STR, DEX and INT. Will calculate the total of the values.
However Orcs receive -2 to INT and DEX. They receive +2 to STR. (Let’s
assume STR = 16, DEX = 10 and INT = 8. It will store 16+2,10-2,8-2 = 28 into
characterTotal.
It will print out a message “The berserker Orc has a total score of 28.” (Here the
Orcs get their adjectives from their clan names so you do not need to do
something specific to STR, DEX or INT.)
CODE:
//character.h
#ifndef CHARACTER_H
#define CHARACTER_H
using namespace std;
class Character
{
protected:
float characterTotal;
public:
virtual void createCharacter() = 0; //Pure virtual function
};
#endif
//human.h
#ifndef HUMAN_H
#define HUMAN_H
#include "Character.h"
using namespace std;
class Human
{
private:
int characterStrength;
int characterDexterity;
int characterIntelligence;
string characterType;
public:
Human();//Constructor
int getStength
{
cout << "Enter a number from 0 to 18\n";
cin >> characterStrength;
return characterStrength;
}
int getDexterity
{
cout << "Enter a number from 0 to 18\n";
cin >> characterDexterity;
return CharacterDexterity;
}
int getIntelligence
{
cout << "Enter a number from 0 to 18\n";
cin >> characterIntelligence;
return characterIntelligence;
}
string getType
{
cout << "Please choose one of the following\n";
cout << "A -- Paladin \n";
cout << "B -- Ranger \n";
cout << "C -- Wizard \n";\
cin >> characterType;
return characterType;
}
};
#endif
//orc.h
#ifndef ORC_H
#define ORC_H
#include "Character.h"
#include "Human.h"
using namespace std;
class orc
{
private:
int characterStrength;
int characterDexterity;
int characterIntelligence;
string characterClan;
public:
orc(); //Constructor
int getStrength
{
cout << "Enter a number between 0 to 18\n";
cin >> characterStrength;
return characterStrength;
}
int getDexterity
{
cout << "Enter a number between 0 to 18\n";
cin >> characterDexterity;
return characterDexterity;
}
int getIntelligence
{
cout << "Enter a number between 0 to 18\n";
cin >> characterIntelligence;
return characterIntelligence;
}
string getClan
{
cout << "Please choose one of the following\n";
cout << "A -- Barbarian \n";
cout << "B -- Berserker \n";
cout << "C -- Vanguard \n";\
cin >> characterClan;
return characterClan;
}
};
#endif

Answer 1

Example: A class called Account posesses a container with Character. Your classes Human and Orc inherit both from Character. Inside of your Human class you may want to set spell ABC to all characters which are created (in createCharacter). But if the player creates an Orc, you might want to set another spell XYZ to it, instead of ABC. Base classes come in handy here. In this example you see one of these abstract functions in action (Character::initCharacter).
You can put in more abstract functions inside of Character IF the classes which are supposed to inherit from Character MUST / NEED TO implement these functions.
This is only an example. If you want to do it properly, you need more than this and would have to modify all for database access and further abstraction.
enum CharacterType
{
CHAR_INVALID = 0x0,
CHAR_HUMAN = 0x1,
CHAR_ORC = 0x4
};
class Character
{
public:
Character(unsigned int charGUID) //You might want to set data in the constructor already
: m_charGUID(charGUID) //right after it has been load from Account::LoadAccountInformation()
{
std::cout << "Constructor of \"Character\"" << std::endl;
}
virtual ~Character(void) //Cleanup if needed
{
std::cout << "Destructor of \"Character\"" << std::endl;
}
virtual void createCharacter(void) = 0;
virtual void initCharacter(void) = 0;
CharacterType GetTypeID(void)
{ return m_typeID; }
protected:
void SetTypeID(CharacterType ct)
{ m_typeID = ct; }
private:
Character(const Character &);
unsigned int m_charGUID;
CharacterType m_typeID;
};
class Human : public Character
{
public:
Human(unsigned int charGUID)
: Character(charGUID)
{
SetTypeID(CHAR_HUMAN);
std::cout << "Constructor of \"Human\"" << std::endl;
}
virtual ~Human(void) //Cleanup if needed
{
std::cout << "Destructor of \"Human\"" << std::endl;
}
void createCharacter(void) override
{
//Set data...
}
void initCharacter(void) override
{
std::cout << "You initialized a character of type \"Human\"" << std::endl;
}
};
class Orc : public Character
{
public:
Orc(unsigned int charGUID)
: Character(charGUID)
{
SetTypeID(CHAR_ORC);
std::cout << "Constructor of \"Orc\"" << std::endl;
}
virtual ~Orc(void) //Cleanup if needed
{
std::cout << "Destructor of \"Orc\"" << std::endl;
}
void createCharacter(void) override
{
//Set data...
}
void initCharacter(void) override
{
std::cout << "You initialized a character of type \"Orc\"" << std::endl;
}
};
class Account
{
public:
Account(unsigned int accountGUID)
{ m_accGUID = accountGUID; }
//#Return: False if load from database failed
bool LoadAccountInformation(void) //You could give it data also
{
//You could also load data directly from a database here if you'd like to
//Here are just some sample values (partially hardcoded)
characters.clear();
const int charsOnAccount = 1; //Load from database
for (int i = 0; i < charsOnAccount; ++i)
{
CharacterType ct = CHAR_HUMAN; //Load from database
unsigned int characterGUID = i;
switch (ct)
{
case CHAR_HUMAN:
{
characters[characterGUID] = std::move(std::shared_ptr<Character>(new Human(characterGUID)));
} break;
case CHAR_ORC:
{
characters[characterGUID] = std::move(std::shared_ptr<Character>(new Orc(characterGUID)));
} break;
default:
{
std::cout << "Invalid character type: " << ct << std::endl; //Or log to file
} break;
}
}
return true;
}
void InitCharacters(void)
{
for (auto itr = std::begin(characters); itr != std::end(characters); ++itr)
itr->second->initCharacter();
}
private:
//A unique account-GUID
unsigned int m_accGUID;
//Let's say a unique char-GUID and the Character object
std::map<unsigned int, std::shared_ptr<Character> > characters;
//And more information...
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Account ac = Account(1);
ac.LoadAccountInformation();
ac.InitCharacters();
return 0;
}