HeaderFilesSource.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "Object.h"
#include "Actor.h"
#include "Pawn.h"

using namespace std;

void InheritanceFunction()
{

	Object* ptr_to_object = new Object;

	Actor* ptr_to_actor = new Actor;

	Pawn* ptr_to_pawn = new Pawn;

	Object* ObjectArray[] = { ptr_to_object,  ptr_to_actor, ptr_to_pawn };

	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
	{
		//	ObjectArray[i]->BeginPlay();
			//ObjectArray[i]->ObjectFunction();  This works 
			// ObjectArray[i]->ActorFunction(); // Does not work because object does not have actor function! 
			//casting attempts to convert to a different type and we can use dynamic casting
			// to check dynamically the type
		Object* obj = ObjectArray[i];
		//Actor* act = dynamic_cast<Actor*> (obj); // attempt to convert obj to pointer to actor type 
		//if (act) // if cast is not successful act will be null/false
		//{
		//	act->ActorFunction(); // second and third elements of the array will be called ,i.e. cast succeeeds
		//}
		Pawn* pwn = dynamic_cast<Pawn*> (obj);
		if (pwn) {
			pwn->PawnFunction();
		}

		Actor* act = static_cast<Actor*> (obj); // this will be converted to actor pointer  there is no run-time type checking , so won't get errors
		if (act) //  cast is always successful 
		{
			act->ActorFunction();
		}



	}


	delete ptr_to_object;
	delete ptr_to_actor;

}

int main() {
	InheritanceFunction();
}