Help understanding Irrlicht[SOLVED]

[XenoZergNid]

I'm quite confused because

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/docu/cl ... indow.html

shows that IGUIWindow is pure virtual, so how does:

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addWindow (const core::rect< s32 > &rectangle, bool modal=false, const wchar_t *text=0, IGUIElement *parent=0, s32 id=-1)=0

from IGUIEnvironment work(and how does this one work? its also pure virtual)

the reason I need to know is because I'm trying to inherit from IGUIWindow and found everything to be pure virtual.

[CuteAlien]

addWindow creates a CGUIWindow which is derived from IGUIWindow. Also the guienvironment is a CGUIEnvironment which is derived from IGUIEnvironment. The I class are Interfaces so users only have to know about them. Internally they all use classes which are derived from the Interfaces and implement all the virtual functions (or at least all pure virtual functions). If you look in the source folder of Irrlicht you can see all the implementation classes.

[XenoZergNid]

ok, that makes more sense, thanks alot!