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Class templates - C++
Date: 2006-Dec-12
Class templates - C++
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Class templates - C++
Author: Alex Plumpton

Generic classes can be created using a template with an anonymous type.

General format 
template <class T> 
class classname {
//..........
// class member specification 
// with anonymous type T 
// wherever appropriate 
//.......
};


classname<type> objectname(arglist);
A class created from a class template is called a template class. The general format for defining an object of a template class is shown above. The process of creating a specific class from a class template is called instantiation. The compiler performs error checking after the instantiation of a class. So it is better to debug an ordinary class before converting it into a template.

The figure illustrates the concept behind class template.

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