Re: templates and smart pointer
On Apr 15, 12:14 pm, neelag...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I want to write a template _something_ like this:
class baseStoreType {};
template <class storeType> class Store {
storeType storeData;
};
For template parameter storeType, there should be two options :
storeType = baseStoreType * or any other class derived from
baseStoreType
- OR -
storeType = smart_ptr<baseStoreType * or any other class derived from
baseStoreType>
where smart_ptr can be std::auto_ptr, boost::shared_ptr and so on.
The simple solution could be
typedef Store<baseStoreType *> BaseStore;
but that means template parameter storeType can be of any type when my
requirements are different (to allow only types with/without smart
pointers derived from baseStoreType).
Is there a better way?
Thanks in advance,
- Neel.
Hi,
This is what I came up with:
class BaseStoreType {
public: int dummy;
};
template<class T>
class ActsLikePtr // Are operators enough or need some more?
{
public:
T* operator->() const { return pType; }
T& operator *() const { return (*pType); }
T* get() const { return pType; }
private:
T * pType;
};
template <template <class> class T> class Store {
public:
typedef T<BaseStoreType> BaseStoreTypePtr;
BaseStoreTypePtr storeData;
};
typedef Store<std::auto_ptr> StoreSmartPtr;
typedef Store<ActsLikePtr> StoreSimplePtr;
Am I missing something or there is a better way to do it (using any
template in boost or std for example instead of ActsLikePtr)?
Thanks,
- Neel.
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