Answer includes properties / characteristics of destructor in C++ language for a class.
Answer:
Before listing characteristics of destructor, let’s see the declaration of destructor in a class. Below ~MyClass() is the destructor of a class.
class MyClass{
public:
MyClass(){}//Constructor
~MyClass(){}//Destructor
};
Properties of destructor in C++:
- It is called automatically when class object goes out of scope or when delete an object of a class. And cannot be invoked explicitly. ( calling delete can be consider as explicit destructor call, as whenever we call delete on object, destructor get called. but directly, destructor cannot be called.)
- It does not receive any parameter, so, cannot be overloaded.
- Destructors cannot be overridden and can’t inherit them.
- Any class can have at most one destructor.
- Destructors can be a virtual to maintain the hierarchy of destructors call in inheritance for polymorphic classes. Polymorphic class means, a class having at least one virtual function.