C++ templates
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Hi everybody,
I have a template class and some classes that inherits it and define the type of the template arguments. Some thing like:
template <class T>
class Parent
{
};
...
class Child : Parent <RealType>
{
};
class Child2 : Parent <RealType2>
{
};
...
In another class a want to have a vector of Parent to hold different types of Child. I can't find the right syntax, is this possible?
class Container
{
public:
void addParent (Parent* t);
}
Parent can be any of its child.
Templates are a compile-time inheritance, not a runtime inheritance. There is no relationship between Parent<RealType> and Parent<RealType2>, so you can't have a container that can hold objects of both types.
That's why you can't find the syntax to do what you;re trying to do: it's not possible.
If you need to implement an is_a relationship, you will need to derive template<typename T> Parent from some common non-templated base class. You Child and Child2 would then have an is_a relationship with the non-template ParentBase class.
That's why you can't find the syntax to do what you;re trying to do: it's not possible.
If you need to implement an is_a relationship, you will need to derive template<typename T> Parent from some common non-templated base class. You Child and Child2 would then have an is_a relationship with the non-template ParentBase class.
If RealType != RealType2, then it's impossible without any more information (of course it isn't completely impossible since you could just keep void* pointers, but you'd need to determine their type at some point). Parent<T> and Parent<U> are different template classes if T and U are different, therefore Child and Child2 inherits from two different classes. What exactly are you trying to achieve? Does Parent have some virtual functions you want to call? Do they depend on T? If they don't you can just make Parent inherit from another class which just have the virtual functions. If you want us to really give a good answer you need to provide more information.
I could very well be wrong here but I don't think this can be done, it would be possible to do something like...
class Container
{
public:
void addParent (Parent<RealType>* t);
};
The option I can think of is have the Parent<class T> derive from some common interface and use a pointer of that type...
e.g.
class BaseType {
};
template <class T>
class Parent : BaseType {
}
class Container
{
public:
void addParent (BaseType* t);
};
But like I said I'm not too sure about this, thats just how I understand it and I could well be wrong.
class Container
{
public:
void addParent (Parent<RealType>* t);
};
The option I can think of is have the Parent<class T> derive from some common interface and use a pointer of that type...
e.g.
class BaseType {
};
template <class T>
class Parent : BaseType {
}
class Container
{
public:
void addParent (BaseType* t);
};
But like I said I'm not too sure about this, thats just how I understand it and I could well be wrong.
have a look at boost any:
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/any.html
http://www.boost.org/boost/any.hpp
this may give you the idea of how to accomplish what you want.
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/any.html
http://www.boost.org/boost/any.hpp
this may give you the idea of how to accomplish what you want.
Author
What exactly are you trying to achieve?
As you've said it's impossible to do that. I searched for something similar and didn't find so this post was my last hope.
Does Parent have some virtual functions you want to call?
Yes.
Do they depend on T?
Yes, :S
I think I will try another approach.
Quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
have a look at boost any:
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/any.html
http://www.boost.org/boost/any.hpp
this may give you the idea of how to accomplish what you want.
The problem here is that he still needs to know the type to call any_cast, assuming that Child and Child2 is the only children then it's possible, but it will be an ugly hack which there sure is much better alternatives to.
Quote:Original post by CTarQuote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
have a look at boost any:
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/any.html
http://www.boost.org/boost/any.hpp
this may give you the idea of how to accomplish what you want.
The problem here is that he still needs to know the type to call any_cast, assuming that Child and Child2 is the only children then it's possible, but it will be an ugly hack which there sure is much better alternatives to.
Why would you still need to know the type, if you have a pointer to the container which inherits from the interface then call the type func. Without knowing all the details I can not say for sure if any or an alternative to any is the correct methd.
Quote:Original post by Anonymous PosterQuote:Original post by CTarQuote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
have a look at boost any:
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/any.html
http://www.boost.org/boost/any.hpp
this may give you the idea of how to accomplish what you want.
The problem here is that he still needs to know the type to call any_cast, assuming that Child and Child2 is the only children then it's possible, but it will be an ugly hack which there sure is much better alternatives to.
Why would you still need to know the type, if you have a pointer to the container which inherits from the interface then call the type func. Without knowing all the details I can not say for sure if any or an alternative to any is the correct methd.
[correction]if you have a pointer to the interface then call the type func[/correction]
class Parent{public: virtual void interface_func_1()=0; virtual void interface_func_2()=0;};template<class T>class TemplatedParent<class T> : public Parent{public: void interface_func_1(); void interface_func_2();};//if the only difference between Child and Child2 is the template type:typedef TemplatedParent<RealType> Child;typedef TemplatedParent<RealType2> Child2;//if Child and Child2 have other differencesclass Child : public TemplatedParent<RealType>{...};class Child2 : public TemplatedParent<RealType2>{...};This topic is closed to new replies.
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