check template type for type

themts

Hey guys,

I know, it's probably more a general c++ question than qt but anyway...

I have a dll which provides functions like:

bool GetDataAsU8(unsigned char *data)
bool GetDataAsS16(short *data)
bool GetDataAsU32(uint *data)
...

I want to write a helper function which uses templates and selects the right imported dll function automatically.

template <typename T> bool GetData(T *data)
{
    //here I want to check the type of data and select the right function
}

Could someone help?
Thanks in advance!

mts

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Hi,
why can't you simply provide several overloaded versions of GetData() ?

mcosta

You could use the typeid operator

if (typeid(data) == typeid(uint)) {
...
}

SGaist

Hi,

If you only want one function you could use the technique described here to "if" trough possible types.

Otherwise, template specialization could also be an option

Hope it helps

Chris Kawa

To check the type at runtime you can also use is_same template:

#include <type_traits>
template <typename T> bool GetData(T *data) {
    if(std::is_same<T, unsigned char>::value) return GetDataAsU8(data);
    //and so on for other types
}

but this is unnecessarily slow, so is the typeid solution.
Template specialization, as suggested by @SGaist, is the way to go here.

themts

Thanks for your answers!
I think I will go with Template specialization.

CU
mts