Function template in Derived class - is this the only solution
Hi
I have the following code:
//File1.h
class Base
{
public:
virtual void foo() = 0;
};
//File2.h
#include "File1.h"
#include "OtherClass.h"
class Derived : public Base
{
public:
void foo()
{
//code here
}
template<typename T>
T get(int i)
{
T t = T();
return mpOtherClass.get(i, t);
}
private:
OtherClass* mpOtherClass;
};
//main file
int main()
{
Base* d = new Derived();
double db2 = d->get<double>(10); //Gives compile error
double db2 = static_cast<Derived*>(d)->get<double>(10); //OK
return 0;
}
My question is: Is this the best possible solution? I cannot place the
function template in the base class since it is an abstract class and
will have no idea what the private data objects are to be.
thanks
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