Restaurant Inheritance Hierarchy (C++)

This is a small C++ project I made to practice object-oriented programming (OOP), especially inheritance. The program uses a restaurant theme to show how single, multiple, and virtual inheritance work in C++.

What does it do?

• Creates different types of restaurants (Mexican, Japanese, and a fusion of both) using classes and inheritance.
• Manages menus for each restaurant using vectors.
• Shows how polymorphism works by letting each restaurant describe its own cuisine.
• Demonstrates inheritance by having some classes inherit from more than one parent (multiple inheritance) and using virtual inheritance to avoid problems.
• Prints out information about each restaurant and their menus.

Example Output

When you run the program, you’ll see output like this (screenshot or text):

Why did I make this?

I wanted to get more comfortable with C++ classes, inheritance, and how to use vectors. This project helped me understand how single and multiple inheritance work, and how to use virtual inheritance to solve the diamond problem.

How to Run

This project uses CMake build system generator for easy, cross-platform compilation. Follow these steps from the root directory of the project RestaurantInheritance/

1. Ensure CMake is installed:

• Make sure you have CMake (version 3.1- or higher please) and a C++ compiler (g++ or clang++) installed on your system.

2. Generate the build system (configure):

• Create a separated directory for the build files and run CMake inside it. Keeping source files clean

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

3. Build:

• Use generated build system (make on Unix-like systems) to compile the executable.

make

4. Run the program:

• The executable (RestaurantInheritance) will be placed inside the build directory.

./RestaurantInheritance

IMPORTANT: Note for windows users:

• Windows developers have two ways to build the project using CMake.
  • Command line (MSYS2/Cygwin): If you use an environment like MSYS2 or WLS (Windows Subsystem for Linux), you can follow the Standard Build steps above exactly.
  • Visual Studio: CMake can generate a Visual Studio solution. Run CMake from your developer command prompt, specify the generator:

cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 17 2022"

Then, open the generated .sln file and build within Visual Studio IDE.

Author

Rodrigo Casio
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