Copy Constructor CSCE 121

Overload Constructor Constructor that takes an object of the same type as a parameter. Ensure deep copy rather than default shallow copy.

Using Copy Constructor MyClass object1; MyClass object2 = object1; MyClass object3(object1);

Declaration MyClass(const MyClass& source);

Definition MyClass::MyClass(const MyClass& source) { // Allocate new memory // Copy data from source to new memory }

Calls copy constructor, Don’t be deceived MyClass object1; MyClass object2 = object1; Calls copy constructor, Not copy assignment!