Suppose that all classes of a hierarchy implement a template member function g. All classes share the same implementation of two other functions f1 and f2 that call this template:
struct A {
virtual void f1() {
g(5);
}
virtual void f2() {
g(5.5);
}
private:
template <typename T> void g(T) {std::cout << "In A" << std::endl;}
};
struct B: A {
// Can I get rid of this duplicate code?
virtual void f1() {
g(5);
}
virtual void f2() {
g(5.5);
}
private:
template <typename T> void g(T) {std::cout << "In B" << std::endl;}
};
struct C: A {
// Can I get rid of this duplicate code?
virtual void f1() {
g(5);
}
virtual void f2() {
g(5.5);
}
private:
template <typename T> void g(T) {std::cout << "In C" << std::endl;}
};
int main()
{
B b;
A &a = b;
a.f1();
return 0;
}
Since the implementations of f1 and f2 are identical in all the classes, how can I get rid of the duplicate code and still have the polymorphic call in main work as expected (i.e produce the output "In B")?