The 'final' class in C++

Suppose you need to prevent the derivation of a class—like in the final classes of Java. Simply make the constructor of the class private. Here's an example:


class final
{
private:
	final(){} ;

public:
	static final* CreateInstance()
	{
		return (new final()) ;
	}
} ;

/* UNCOMMENTing will give error because we've declared constructor of final class as private
class derived : public final
{
public:
	derived()
	{
	}
} ;
*/

void main()
{
	final *f ;

	f = final::CreateInstance() ;
}

Mitesh Budhabhatti

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