Hi all, I''m back with problem no. 2
:
I have a class which stores a pointer to a templated object. I want the normal class to set its pointer to point to any instance of that template, e.g.:
template
class TemplatedClass
{
...
private:
T m_SomeData;
...
};
class NormalClass
{
private:
...
TemplatedClass< T > * m_Link;
...
public:
...
void SetData( TemplatedClass< T > * NewLink )
{ m_Link = NewLink; }
...
};
So, I create a TemplatedClass with, say, an ''int'' as the data type. The problem occurs when I try to set the pointer in the NormalClass to point to a specific TemplatedClass object, e.g.:
NormalClass normal;
TemplatedClass< int > *templated = new TemplatedClass< int >;
normal.SetData( templated );
VC++ produces an error at the "normal.SetData( templated );" line, saying:
error C2664: ''SetHead'' : cannot convert parameter 1 from ''class TemplatedClass< int > *'' to ''class TemplatedClass< T > *''
So it seems to me that you can''t pass templated objects as member function parameters. Is there a solution to this problem, or was I simply over-estimating the usefulness of a template?
Thanks again,
Gareth
