Module: Friends and Relations

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Friend and Relations

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Prerequisites	Introduction to Objects Object-oriented program design
Objectives	Understand relationship between functions and objects Distinguish among member, friends and unrelated functions
Concepts	Access control on an object's data - using const Composition of objects (HAS-A relationship among classes) Using the *constructor-initializer* What is a Friend? A member function's implicit parameter is the object itself
Experiments/ Examples:	Example of Composition (Date Object in Employee Object) Three ways to get the elapsed time
Self Assessment	7.1, 7.2
Assignments	READ: Chapter 7