virtual class with friend fuctions

[mbayabo]

this is a similar example to what i have. it's simplified but it still get's the same error.

i need to be able to use << operator to print out all information from class A. i have no idea how to do that. i tried casting it as an A object but then it starts telling me that i can do that with virtual functions. is there any way to go around this?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class A {
public:
	string name;
	A(string sName) {
		name = sName;
	}
	virtual void mission();
	string getName() {
		return name;
	}
	friend ostream& operator << (ostream& out, A& oA) {
		out << oA.getName() << endl;
		return out;
	}
};

class B : public A {
public:
	B() : A("bob") {
		name = "bob";
	}
};

int main() {

	B DUDE;

	cout << DUDE;
        // this doesnt work either
        cout << (A)DUDE;

	return 0;
}