First of all, I should say I am using Borland's C++ v3.1

This may seem like a silly question when you've been working
with objects for some time, but I'm having some problems creating
a class structure.

Here's a stripped down example of what I am trying to do.

Take a game for example.  A character can have a list of "items" in
his/her possession, each referred to as a generic Item

class Item
{
}

Now, in the "character" class, I want to be able to refer to all
these things simply as an Item

class Character
{
Item *Inventory;
}

However, what if each Item is of a different type, like "armour", or
"weapon" or "other".

class Armour
{
int Defense;
int CalcDamageTaken(int Damage);
}

class Weapon
{
int Offense;
}

How can I declare Item (or Armour and Weapon) so it would allow
me to treat them all simply as Items?  I realize that I would probably
have to put a marker in the sub-objects (armour and Weapon) to mark
them as such when I had to refer back to them.

Any help would be appreciated.  Mail directed to nagy@cpsc.ucalgary
is preferred, but any response would be appreciated.

Michael

P.S. Stupid example?  Perhaps, but at least it works!
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