Dynamic_cast for polymorphsim

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Dear All,

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


class Base
{

public:
Base(){}
~Base(){}

virtual void func1()
{
cout<<"Base_ONE"<<endl;
}

};


class Derived : public Base
{
public:
Derived(){}
~Derived(){}

void func1()
{
cout<<"Base _TWO"<<endl;
}

};


int main()
{
/* Base a;
Base *ba;

Derived b;
Derived *db;

//ba=&b;
ba=dynamic_cast<Base*>(&b);
if(ba)
cout<<"Conversion Success"<<endl;
else
cout<<"Conversion Fail"<<endl;

ba->func1();
*/

Base* b = new Derived;
b->func1();


Base* bb;
Derived d;
bb=&d;
bb->func1();

Base* bbb;
Derived ddd;
bbb=dynamic_cast<Base*>(&ddd);

bbb->func1();

return 0;
}

In above example , i am able to access the derived class member function in three ways.

1)using base class pointer object , i am able to access the derived class function.
2)assigning the derived class object address to base class pointer object.
3)using dynamic_cast.

Here my question is , which method should i go for to access the derived class function using base class pointer and why?



Regards,
Ranjith