Re: how to implement MAP<std::string,TYPE>

From:
"Oscar" <ro4tub@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
1 Sep 2006 08:46:36 -0400
Message-ID:
<1157072965.089930.257000@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
tmk124@gmail.com ???? ????????????????

  If all these classes inherit from the same base class, you can use a
map from string to ptrs to representative objects of each class. This
can serve as a good replacement for your need of type introspection.


yes, all these classes inherit from the sam base class.

class CBase
{
.....
  // to return results of default constructor
  virtual CBase * new_obj() = 0;
   // add more prototypes for other constructors
 ......
  virtual const char *name() = 0; // type name
};

class CA : public CBase
{
 ...
};

class CB : public CBase
{
.....
};

std::map<std::string, CBase *> name_to_type;

  After filling the map, you would be able to use these objects, call
their common methods, create objects of the same type, query the name
of their type etc.


now i use the similar method std::map<std::string,CBase*>, especially
it works well
than MAP<std::string,TYPE>.but i want to know whether it can implement
MAP<std::string,TYPE>. i learn loki,boost::mpi before, i subconscious
think it can be implemented.

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