Triangle Class Reference

#include <triangle.h>

Inheritance diagram for Triangle:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Triangle (int b, int h, int x, int y)
	Triangle (int b, int h, Point c)
virtual std::string	getType () const
virtual double	getArea () const

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Detailed Description

A class that represents a triangle on a 2D plane. Its only members are its base and height. It inherits all of its functionality from the Shape class.

Author:

Brent Nash

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Triangle::Triangle	(	int	b,
		int	h,
		int	x,
		int	y
	)

Overloaded constructor that takes in a base, a height and an (x,y) coordinate.

Parameters:

	b	The base of the triangle (must be greater than 0)
	h	The height of the triangle (must be greater than 0)
	x	The X coordinate of the triangle's center point in 2D space
	y	The Y coordinate of the triangle's center point in 2D space

Triangle::Triangle	(	int	b,
		int	h,
		Point	c
	)

Overloaded constructor that takes in a base, a height, and a center Point.

Parameters:

	b	The base of the triangle (must be greater than 0)
	h	The height of the triangle (must be greater than 0)
	c	The center point of the triangle in 2D space

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Member Function Documentation

string Triangle::getType

(

)

const [virtual]

Virtual function overridden from Shape. Returns a string indicating what type of shape this object is.

Precondition:

None

Postcondition:

Does not change the object

Returns:

The string "Triangle"

Implements Shape.

double Triangle::getArea

(

)

const [virtual]

Virtual function overridden from Shape. Returns the area of the triangle as (1/2)*base*height.

Precondition:

The base and height must be set to valid numbers.

Postcondition:

Does not change the object

Returns:

The area of the circle as a floating point number.

Implements Shape.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• triangle.h
• triangle.cpp

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