I have 2 classes, A, B and B is a child of A.
and I have a function which processes a list of A.
void func(list<A> alist) {
// processing list of A
}
The problem is func() won't able to handle a list of B even B is a
child of A.
What can I do? The only way I can think of is making func a function
template, so I can plugin both A, and B. But I have a lot of
funcitons like this.
And I java I don't have this problem.
Since both A and B are child of Object and I just pass in a list of
Object
and instead func() I just need to subcast that to A (which will work
for both class A and B (a child of A).
Thanks for any help. 9 1715
Ur problem is object slicing.
Use pass by reference or Ptr in func()
arguments instead of pass by value.
sorry, there is a typo in my original mail.
The function argument is a reference to the list<A>, but I still can't
pass list<B> to that function.
void func(list<A>& alist) {
// processing list of A
}
dc wrote: Ur problem is object slicing. Use pass by reference or Ptr in func() arguments instead of pass by value.
The problem is not object slicing. The problem is that - when B
inherits from A -
"a B is a A",
but "a list<B> is not a list<A>"
Hence, if a function is declared to take A (or A* or A&), an object of
type B (or a pointer or reference thereof) can be passed to the
function. But when a function is declared to take
list<A> or list<A*> etc, a list<B> or list<B*> cannot be passed to that
function, simply because list<B> is not a list<A>.
To the OP -This is correct as far as the semantics of list is
concerned. (Since otherwise you would be able to push non-B objects
inside the list through such a function.) The easiest way to deal with
the situation is to overload the function for list<B>.
There might be better solutions though. og********@gmai l.com wrote: I have 2 classes, A, B and B is a child of A.
and I have a function which processes a list of A.
void func(list<A> alist) {
Bad ideat to pass the list by value. If the list changes, you
need pass it by reference, if it doesn't, pass it by reference
to const.
// processing list of A }
The problem is func() won't able to handle a list of B even B is a child of A.
That's correct. list<B> and list<A> are only the same type if A and
B are the same type.
What can I do? The only way I can think of is making func a function template, so I can plugin both A, and B. But I have a lot of funcitons like this.
That's one of the main reasons to make your functions templates.
And I java I don't have this problem.
So? In Java you have plenty of other problems.
Since both A and B are child of Object and I just pass in a list of Object and instead func() I just need to subcast that to A (which will work for both class A and B (a child of A).
You can have a list<A*> and store pointers to B in it, but it's
a bit more work. Trust me, it's much more elegant with templates.
V
Oops sorry, not at all object slicing.
With use of Ptrs,I meant something like this:
class A{
virtual void process(){
..............
}
}
class B : public A{
void process(){
}
}
void func(list<A>* alist) {
// processing list of A
A *x=&(alist->front());
x->process();
}
calling func:
list<A> x;
list<B> y;
func(&x);
func((list<A>*) &y);
I hope this helps......
dc wrote: Oops sorry, not at all object slicing. With use of Ptrs,I meant something like this:
void func(list<A>* alist) { // processing list of A A *x=&(alist->front()); x->process(); }
calling func: list<A> x; list<B> y; func(&x); func((list<A>*) &y);
I hope this helps......
I am afraid that this will invite other problems.
The C-style cast that you used is actually a reiniterpret_ca st whose
meaning is completely implementation defined. As such, you cannot cast
list<B>* to list<A>* (unless you decide to reinterprete the bit
pattern) since list<B> is _by no means_ a list<A>.
One serious problems that can arise due to this is that whenever
'alist' is dereferenced, it will be sliced off to list<A>. Also the
function func will allow operations like pushing an object derived from
A (but not of type B) inside the list which originally had only the
elements of type B.
Is a list <A*> better than a list of <A&> (a list of A reference)? og********@gmai l.com wrote: Is a list <A*> better than a list of <A&> (a list of A reference)?
References are not objects and cannot be stored in containers.
V
On 2006-01-11 15:52:59 -0500, og********@gmai l.com said: Is a list <A*> better than a list of <A&> (a list of A reference)?
STL containers of references are not possible.
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