I've got an abstract class that uses variable template.
template <class T>
class Abstract
{
public:
virtual void print(T t) = 0;
};
There can be any derivatives of the class like so:
class A : public Abstract<std::string>
{
public:
void print(std::string str)
{
std::cout << str << std::endl;
}
};
class B : public Abstract<int>
{
public:
void print(int number)
{
std::cout << std::to_string(number) << std::endl;
}
};
Now I want a function to return one of these derivatives so I can execute the print method. And here is my Problem:
template (class T); // error here
Abstract<T> &f(int n) // what should the return type look like?
{
if (n == 0)
{
A a{};
return a;
}
else
{
B b{};
return b;
}
}
int main()
{
A a{f(0)};
a.print("foo");
B b{f(1)};
b.print(42);
return 0;
}
So how is it be possible to return a class with unknown parameter type and call its methods?
I already tried returning a superclass without templates which works fine. As soon as templates are added code wont compile. I also tried void* and reinterpret_cast. Problem here is that I have manually to decide to what type to cast to.
So how can I return an arbitrary superclass of an abstract generic class and call its generic methods?
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