I have the following class :-
class A {
public:
// some stuff that everyone should see
protected:
// some stuff that derived classes should see
private:
// some stuff that only I can see
void f();
void g();
};
Now, I want f() to only be accessible from a certain set of classes (say classes B,C,D) and g() to be accessible from a certain other set of classes (say classes D,E,F). Is there any way to specify this in C++? If I make all the classes friends of A, then both f & g will be accessible from B,C,D,E,F (along with the other private members of A) which is not what I want.
Is this possible or should I change my object model?
class A_f {
friend class B;
void f();
};
class A_g {
friend class C;
void g();
};
class A: public A_f, public A_g {
friend class A_f;
friend class A_g;
private:
void do_f();
void do_g();
};
inline void A_f::f() { static_cast<A *>(this)->do_f(); }
inline void A_g::g() { static_cast<A *>(this)->do_g(); }
void B::something(A *a) {
a->f();
}