CObject, The Root Base Class in MFC: Overview

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Class is the root base class in the MFC class hierarchy. This class provides a number of services, with minimal overhead, to any class derived from it. You can:

• Dump the object's data for diagnostic purposes

• Validate the object's internal state

• Obtain information about the class at run time

• Have the class serialize itself to persistent storage

• Make the class dynamically creatable

What do you want to know more about?

• CObject

• The major areas of MFC functionality that CObject provides

• Deriving a new class from CObject

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