15.4. Abstract Base Classes

//Exercises Section 15.4
//Exercise 15.15: Define your own versions of Disc_quote and
//Bulk_quote.
//Exercise 15.16: Rewrite the class representing a limited discount strategy,
//which you wrote for the exercises in § 15.2.2 (p. 601), to inherit from
//Disc_quote.
class Quote {
public:
    Quote() = default;
    Quote(const string &book, double sales_price): bookNo(book), price(sales_price) { }

    string isbn() const { return bookNo; }

    virtual double net_price(size_t n) const { return n * price; }

    virtual ~Quote() = default;
private:
    string bookNo;
protected:
    double price = 0.0;
};

class Disc_quote : public Quote {
public:
    Disc_quote() = default;
    Disc_quote(const string &b, double p, size_t qty, double disc) :
    Quote(b, p), quantity(qty), discount(disc) { }

    virtual double net_price(size_t n) const = 0;
protected:
    size_t quantity = 0;
    double discount = 0.0;
};

class Bulk_quote : public Disc_quote {
public:
    Bulk_quote() = default;
    Bulk_quote(const string &book, double p, size_t qty, double dis) :
    Disc_quote(book, p, qty, dis) { }

    double net_price(size_t cnt) const override {
        if(cnt >= quantity) return cnt * (1 - discount) * price;
        else return cnt * price;
    }
};

class Limited_quote : public Disc_quote {
public:
    Limited_quote() = default;
    Limited_quote(const string &book, double p, size_t qty, double dis): Disc_quote(book, p, qty, dis) { }
    double net_price(size_t n) const override {
        if(n <= quantity) return n*(1-discount) * price;
        else return n * price;
    }
};

double print_total(ostream &os, const Quote &item, size_t n) {
    double ret = item.net_price(n);
    os << "ISBN: " << item.isbn() << " # sold: " << n << " total due: " << ret << endl;
    return ret;
}

int main() {
    //Disc_quote dq;
    Quote q("12-34-45678", 10);
    Bulk_quote bq("12-34-45678", 10, 10, 0.2);
    Limited_quote lq("12-34-45678", 10, 10, 0.2);
    print_total(cout, q, 10);
    print_total(cout, bq, 10);
    print_total(cout, lq, 10);
    return 0;
}

//Exercise 15.17: Try to define an object of type Disc_quote and see what
//errors you get from the compiler.

//error: cannot declare variable 'dq' to be of abstract type 'Disc_quote'