C++ OOP - Lesson 1

Task

Your task is to implement the Student class in EXERCISE.h

You do not need to look at any other source code to complete the tasks. In fact, unless you are familiar with template metaprogramming, you will find both main.cpp and private/Checker.h to be extremely confusing.

Implement the following:

Part 1:

This covers writing a basic implementation.

Data:

Your class should have two std::string data members:

firstName - an std::string holding the student's first name

lastName - an std::string holding the student's last name

both of these members should haveprotected visibility. Usually you would make these private, but we'll need them this way for the purposes of this exercise.

Constructors:

Default constructor

You should have a public default constructor that sets the first and last name to Unknown

Constructor with arguments:

You should have a public constructor that takes two arguments for the first name and last name respectively and stores them into the data members mentioned above.

Member Functions:

Both of the functions below should be public

FirstName()

This function should return a reference to an std::string that is const. The function should be callable from a const instance of Student. The return value should of course be the data member holding the first name.

LastName()

This should work exactly the same as FirstName() but instead return the student's last name.

Part 2

This covers overloads and is something of a stretch goal.

FirstName() setter.

Write a new overload of FirstName(). It should return Student& (a reference to itself) and take an std::string which it should use to overwrite the student's first name.

LastName() setter.

This should do exactly the same as the above for FirstName() but instead, set the student's last name.

operator==

Create a comparison operator which returns true if both the first and last names are the same. otherwise, return false.