How is model/table inheritance supported in CI?

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How is model/table inheritance supported in CI? - El Forum - 07-12-2008

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hello,

I've read the article on Models (http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/models.html) but I am still unsure how should I represent the following structure:

Code:
abstract class Object_model 

{

   var $name;

   var $colour;

   var $texture;

}

class Cube_model extends Object_model

{

  var $sideLength;

}

class Sphere_nodel extends Object_model

{

  var $radius;

}

What would be the most common way of implementing the above within CodeIgniter?
Would I keep the above hierarchy along with a class-table inheritance?

Thanks in advance.

How is model/table inheritance supported in CI? - El Forum - 07-13-2008

[eluser]nmweb[/eluser]
Class-table-inheritance nor single-table-inheritance are natively supported in CI. Your code looks like a valid way to implement it but it will require a lot of work.