extending interfaces with variadic templates...

From:

Werner <werasm@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:03:55 -0700 (PDT)

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Hi All,

I want to try the following:

typedef CurveMetaDataIF<QPen,QBrush> BrushPenIF;

where the amount of elements in CurveMetaDataIF can be arbitrary.

BrushPenIF would be used as follows:

brushPenIF_->getData<QBrush>();
brushPenIF_->getData<QPen>();

....etc...

My first stab at the problem looked like this (used boost::mpl):

template <>
struct CurveMetaDataIF<>
{
  virtual ~CurveMetaDataIF(){}
};

template <class Head, class... Tail>
struct CurveMetaDataIF<Head, Tail...> : CurveMetaDataIF<Tail...>
{
  protected:
    virtual Head getDataImpl( boost::identity<Head> ) const = 0;

  public:
    template <class DataT>
      DataT getData()
    {
      return this->getDataImpl( boost::identity<DataT>() );
    }
};

The problem with this approach is that getDataImpl of this
hides all bases.

I've come up with a nasty solution that finds the right base
(ugly), but was wondering whether anyone has some good
suggestion?

Help appreciated! Not homework...

Regards,

Werner

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