Rev. ed. of: Waite Group's object-oriented programming in C++, c1999. Includes index.

Why Do We Need Object-Oriented Programming?10 -- Characteristics of Object-Oriented Languages 16 -- C++ and C 22 -- Unified Modeling Language (UML) 23 -- 2 C++ Programming Basics 29 -- Basic Program Construction 30 -- Output Using cout 33 -- Directives 35 -- Integer Variables 38 -- Character Variables 42 -- Input with cin 45 -- Floating Point Types 48 -- Type bool 51 -- Setw Manipulator 52 -- Variable Type Summary 54 -- Type Conversion 56 -- Arithmetic Operators 60 -- Library Functions 65 -- 3 Loops and Decisions 75 -- Relational Operators 76 -- Logical Operators 114 -- Precedence Summary 118 -- Other Control Statements 118 -- 4 Structures 131 -- Enumerations 148 -- 5 Functions 161 -- Simple Functions 162 -- Passing Arguments to Functions 167 -- Returning Values from Functions 176 -- Reference Arguments 182 -- Overloaded Functions 188 -- Recursion 193 -- Inline Functions 195 -- Default Arguments 197 -- Scope and Storage Class 199 -- Returning by Reference 206 -- const Function Arguments 208 -- 6 Objects and Classes 215 -- A Simple Class 216 -- C++ Objects as Physical Objects 223 -- C++ Objects as Data Types 226 -- Constructors 227 -- Objects as Function Arguments 233 -- Default Copy Constructor 238 -- Returning Objects from Functions 240 -- A Card-Game Example 243 -- Structures and Classes 247 -- Classes, Objects, and Memory 247 -- Static Class Data 249 -- const and Classes 252 -- 7 Arrays and Strings 263 -- Arrays as Class Member Data 279 -- Arrays of Objects 283 -- C-Strings 290 -- Standard C++ string Class 302 -- 8 Operator Overloading 319 -- Overloading Unary Operators 320 -- Overloading Binary Operators 328 -- Data Conversion 344 -- UML Class Diagrams 357 -- Pitfalls of Operator Overloading and Conversion 358 -- Keywords explicit and mutable 360 -- 9 Inheritance 371 -- Derived Class and Base Class 373 -- Derived Class Constructors 380 -- Overriding Member Functions 382 -- Which Function Is Used? 383 -- Inheritance in the English Distance Class 384 -- Class Hierarchies 388 -- Inheritance and Graphics Shapes 393 -- Public and Private Inheritance 396 -- Levels of Inheritance 399 -- Multiple Inheritance 403 -- private Derivation in Empmult 409 -- Ambiguity in Multiple Inheritance 413 -- Aggregation: Classes Within Classes 414 -- Inheritance and Program Development 420 -- 10 Pointers 429 -- Addresses and Pointers 430 -- Address-of Operator & 431 -- Pointers and Arrays 440 -- Pointers and Functions 443 -- Pointers and C-Type Strings 452 -- Memory Management: new and delete 458 -- Pointers to Objects 464 -- A Linked List Example 469 -- Pointers to Pointers 474 -- A Parsing Example 479 -- Simulation: A Horse Race 484 -- UML State Diagrams 490 -- Debugging Pointers 492 -- 11 Virtual Functions 503 -- Friend Functions 520 -- Static Functions 529 -- Assignment and Copy Initialization 532 -- This Pointer 547 -- Dynamic Type Information 553 -- 12 Streams and Files 567 -- Stream Classes 568 -- Stream Errors 577 -- Disk File I/O with Streams 583 -- File Pointers 597 -- Error Handling in File I/O 601 -- File I/O with Member Functions 604 -- Overloading the Extraction and Insertion Operators 616 -- Memory as a Stream Object 620 -- Command-Line Arguments 622 -- Printer Output 624 -- 13 Multifile Programs 633 -- Reasons for Multifile Programs 634 -- Creating a Multifile Program 637 -- Inter-File Communication 638 -- A Very Long Number Class 651 -- A High-Rise Elevator Simulation 658 -- 14 Templates and Exceptions 681 -- Function Templates 682 -- Class Templates 690 -- Exceptions 703 -- 15 Standard Template Library 725 -- Introduction to the STL 726 -- Algorithms 735 -- Sequence Containers 743 -- Iterators 751 -- Specialized Iterators 763 -- Associative Containers 771 -- Storing User-Defined Objects 778 -- Function Objects 786 -- 16 Object-Oriented Software Development 801 -- Evolution of the Software Development Processes 802 -- Use Case Modeling 805 -- Programming Problem 809 -- Elaboration Phase for the Landlord Program 812 -- From Use Cases to Classes 816 -- Writing the Code 824 -- Interacting with the Program 841 -- Final Thoughts 843 -- A ASCII Chart 849 -- B C++ Precedence Table and Keywords 859 -- Precedence Table 860 -- Keywords 860 -- C Microsoft Visual C++ 863 -- Screen Elements 864 -- Single-File Programs 864 -- Multifile Programs 866 -- Building Console Graphics Lite Programs 868 -- Debugging 868 -- D Borland C++Builder 871 -- Running the Example Programs in C++Builder 872 -- Cleaning Up the Screen 873 -- Creating a New Project 873 -- Naming and Saving a Project 874 -- Starting with Existing Files 875 -- Compiling, Linking, and Executing 875 -- Adding a Header File to Your Project 876 -- Projects with Multiple Source Files 877 -- Console Graphics Lite Programs 878 -- Debugging 878 -- E Console Graphics Lite 881 -- Using the Console Graphics Lite Routines 882 -- Console Graphics Lite Functions 883 -- Implementations of the Console Graphics Lite Functions 884 -- Source Code Listings 885 -- F STL Algorithms and Member Functions 895 -- Algorithms 896 -- Member Functions 907 -- Iterators 909 -- Advanced C++ 978 -- Defining Documents 978 -- Unified Modeling Language 978 -- History of C++ 979.