Re: template with STL container

From:
"Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:08:12 +0100
Message-ID:
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"Nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:16:00 +0200, softwareEngineer wrote:

Yes, but I need a vector of generic value (float, int, ecc.)


In which case, the values need a common base class, e.g.:

class MY_Value {
...
};

template <typename T>
class MY_Value_T : public MY_Value {
...
};

std::vector<MY_Value*> v;

MyValue_T<int> iV1 = 1;
MyValue_T<float> iV2 = 2.1;
v[0] = static_cast<MY_Value*>(&iV1);
v[1] = static_cast<MY_Value*>(&iV2);

Casting the vector elements back to their correct type is a bit more
involved, as you need to know what their correct type is, either by
using RTTI or by explicitly adding a tag field to the base class.


You can do this kind of thing if you have a limited set of different types:

template<class T1=float, class T2=int, class T3=std::string>
class Base{
public:
 virtual operator T1(){return 0;}
 virtual operator T2(){return 0;}
 virtual operator T3(){return 0;}
};

template<class T, class T1=float, class T2=int, class T3=std::string>
class Derived:public Base<T1,T2,T3>{
 T itsData;
public:
 Derived(T x):itsData(x){};
 virtual operator T(){return itsData;}
};

 Derived<float> d1(-4.0/3.0);
 Derived<std::string> d2("Hello");

 std::vector< Base<>* > v1;
 v1.push_back(&d1);
 float f1 = *v1[0];
 v1[0] = &d2;
 std::string s1= *v1[0];

Its more difficult if you want unlimited amount of different types.

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