Re: Template: given: the method, searched: the class

From:
=?iso-8859-1?q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?= <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:54:18 CST
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<1191863272.178176.107670@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>
On 8 Okt., 19:12, t.lehm...@rtsgroup.net wrote:

see following code example (working mechanism):
- - -
struct X{ void test(bool); };
std::for_each(xcont.begin(), xcont.end(), use_method<X>(&X::test,
true));
- - -

Is it possible to write the 'use_method' like this:
- - -
std::for_each(cont.begin(), cont.end(), use_method(&X::test, true));
- - -

How do I get the class from the method?
(If possible - I guess with template specialization - but how?)


This is rather simple: Invent a class template
use_method_type which is returned by a function
template use_method as shown below. Note that
you have to provide an additional specialization
in R (C::*)(Arg) const for const member functions,
but you should be able to transfer that from the
example here:

template <typename T>
struct use_method_type;

template <typename C, typename R, typename Arg>
struct use_method_type<R (C::*)(Arg)> {
   use_method_type(R (C::* f)(Arg), Arg value) : f_(f), value_(value)
{}

   R operator()(C& obj) const {
     return (obj.*f_)(value_);
   }

private:
   R (C::* f_)(Arg);
   Arg value_;
};

template <typename T, typename Arg>
inline use_method_type<T> use_method(T target, Arg value) {
   return use_method_type<T>(target, value);
}

Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr?gler

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