使用了Security类层次结构的程序中看到
dynamic_cast不仅能发现准确的类型
并且能在多层的继承层次结构中将类型转换到中间层类型
//: C08:IntermediateCast.cpp
// From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison.
// (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt',
// distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net.
#include <cassert>
#include <typeinfo>
using namespace std;
class B1 {
public:
virtual ~B1() {}
};
class B2 {
public:
virtual ~B2() {}
};
class MI : public B1, public B2 {};
class Mi2 : public MI {};
int main() {
B2* b2 = new Mi2;
Mi2* mi2 = dynamic_cast<Mi2*>(b2);
MI* mi = dynamic_cast<MI*>(b2);
B1* b1 = dynamic_cast<B1*>(b2);
assert(typeid(b2) != typeid(Mi2*));
assert(typeid(b2) == typeid(B2*));
delete b2;
} ///:~
无输出
有关多重继承复杂的情况
如果创建一个Mi2对象并将它向上类型转换到该继承层次结构的根
可以成功地使dynamic_cast回退到两个派生成MI 或 Mi2中的任何一个