/* tests/test_inheritance.cpp -- inheritance, automatic upcasting for polymorphic types Copyright (c) 2016 Wenzel Jakob All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. */ #include "pybind11_tests.h" class Pet { public: Pet(const std::string &name, const std::string &species) : m_name(name), m_species(species) {} std::string name() const { return m_name; } std::string species() const { return m_species; } private: std::string m_name; std::string m_species; }; class Dog : public Pet { public: Dog(const std::string &name) : Pet(name, "dog") {} std::string bark() const { return "Woof!"; } }; class Rabbit : public Pet { public: Rabbit(const std::string &name) : Pet(name, "parrot") {} }; std::string pet_name_species(const Pet &pet) { return pet.name() + " is a " + pet.species(); } std::string dog_bark(const Dog &dog) { return dog.bark(); } struct BaseClass { virtual ~BaseClass() {} }; struct DerivedClass1 : BaseClass { }; struct DerivedClass2 : BaseClass { }; test_initializer inheritance([](py::module &m) { py::class_ pet_class(m, "Pet"); pet_class .def(py::init()) .def("name", &Pet::name) .def("species", &Pet::species); /* One way of declaring a subclass relationship: reference parent's class_ object */ py::class_(m, "Dog", pet_class) .def(py::init()); /* Another way of declaring a subclass relationship: reference parent's C++ type */ py::class_(m, "Rabbit", py::base()) .def(py::init()); m.def("pet_name_species", pet_name_species); m.def("dog_bark", dog_bark); py::class_(m, "BaseClass").def(py::init<>()); py::class_(m, "DerivedClass1").def(py::init<>()); py::class_(m, "DerivedClass2").def(py::init<>()); m.def("return_class_1", []() -> BaseClass* { return new DerivedClass1(); }); m.def("return_class_2", []() -> BaseClass* { return new DerivedClass2(); }); m.def("return_none", []() -> BaseClass* { return nullptr; }); });