virtual method

A method whose behavior can be overridden within an inheriting class by a method with the same signature.

Noun

  1. A method whose behavior can be overridden within an inheriting class by a method with the same signature.

    Synonyms: virtual function

    Hyponyms: pure virtual function

    Coordinate Terms: virtual class

Forms

virtual methods

Related

vtable

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