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Suppose I have a Base class:
class Base {
friend SomeOtherClass;
};
And there is another (different) class that inherits from Base:
class AnotherClass : public Base {}
Is friendship inherited as well?
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Classes which are marked as sealed at time of definition can not be inherited. Sealed classes cannot be inherited. Class that are marked with the sealed (C#) or NotInheritable (VB.NET) keywords cannot be inherited from. This is done at the definition of the classes.
The privileges of friendship aren't transitive. A friend of a friend isn't necessarily a friend.
In C++ we can define a parent child relationship between classes in such a way that child class will inherit all the attributes of its parent class plus it will have its own attributes and functions. Inheritance is based on the principle of is-a relationship.
friend is a keyword in C++ that is used to share the information of a class that was previously hidden. For example, the private members of a class are hidden from every other class and cannot be modified except through getters or setters.
In principle, a derived class inherits every member of a base class except:
* its constructor and its destructor
* its operator=() members
* its friends
So, no. Friends are not inherited.
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