C++ How to Program, by Deitel, 9th Edition - Chapter 12, Making a Difference 12.16

12.16 (CarbonFootprint Abstract Class:Polymorphism) Using an abstract

class with only pure virtual functions, you can specify similar behaviors for

possibly disparate classes. Governments and companies worldwide are

becoming increasingly concerned with carbon footprints (annual releases of

carbon dioxide into the atmosphere) from buildings burning various types of

fuels for heat, vehicles burning fuels for power, and the like. Many scientists

blame these greenhouse gases for the phenomenon called global warming.

Create three small classes unrelated by inheritanceclasses Building, Car and

Bicycle. Give each class some unique appropriate attributes and behaviors that

it does not have in common with other classes.

Write an abstract classCarbonFootprint with only a pure virtual

getCarbonFootprint method. Have each of your classes inherit from that

abstract class and implement the getCarbonFootprint method to calculate an

appropriate carbon footprint for that class (check out a few websites that

explain how to calculate carbon footprints).

Write an application that creates objects of each of the three classes, places

pointers to those objects in a vector of CarbonFootprint pointers, then iterates

through the vector, polymorphically invoking each objects

getCarbonFootprint method. For each object, print some identifying

information and the objects carbon footprint.