Cpp : Is there a way to avoid creating header files in this case?-CodePudding

I have an abstract class called Screen :

class Screen {
public:
    virtual void init() = 0;
    virtual void update(float dt) = 0;
    virtual void handleInputs(ScreenManager* screenManager) = 0;
    virtual void dispose() = 0;
};

And every time I want to create a new Screen I have to: 1 : Create a header file : Ex :

class MenuScreen : public Screen {
public:
    void init() override;
    void update(float dt) override;
    void handleInputs(ScreenManager* screenManager) override;
    void dispose() override;
};

2 : Create a cpp file :

void MenuScreen::init() {

}

void MenuScreen::update(float dt) {
    
}

void MenuScreen::handleInputs(ScreenManager* screenManager) {
    
}

void MenuScreen::dispose() {

}

Now my problem is I have so many screens , and every time I want to create a new Screen I have to copy and past the header file and all what I have to change is the class name , is there a better way to do that ? am I doing that right ? any help would be appreciated.

CodePudding user response：

You don't have to put all the code in seperate files. If many screens are related or if they are part of a group, you could put them in a single file. You may also use seperate files only for big classes with a lot of code