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C++ SFINAE example: how to detect if a class contains ToString method
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// SFINAE, enable_if example | |
// based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257288/is-it-possible-to-write-a-c-template-to-check-for-a-functions-existence | |
#include <iostream> | |
#include <type_traits> | |
class ClassWithToString | |
{ | |
public: | |
std::string ToString() { return "description of ClassWithToString object"; } | |
}; | |
class ClassNoToString | |
{ | |
public: | |
int a; | |
}; | |
// SFINAE test | |
template <typename T> | |
class HasToString | |
{ | |
private: | |
typedef char YesType[1]; | |
typedef char NoType[2]; | |
template <typename C> static YesType& test( decltype(&C::ToString) ) ; | |
template <typename C> static NoType& test(...); | |
public: | |
enum { value = sizeof(test<T>(0)) == sizeof(YesType) }; | |
}; | |
template<typename T> | |
typename std::enable_if<HasToString<T>::value, std::string>::type | |
CallToString(T * t) { | |
/* something when T has toString ... */ | |
return t->ToString(); | |
} | |
/* | |
template<typename T> | |
typename std::enable_if<std::is_class<T>::value, std::string>::type | |
CallToString(T * t) { | |
return "a class without ToString() method!"; | |
} | |
*/ | |
std::string CallToString(...) | |
{ | |
return "undefined object, cannot call ToString() method here"; | |
} | |
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) | |
{ | |
std::cout << HasToString<ClassWithToString>::value << std::endl; | |
std::cout << HasToString<ClassNoToString>::value << std::endl; | |
std::cout << HasToString<int>::value << std::endl; | |
ClassWithToString c1; | |
std::cout << CallToString(&c1) << std::endl; | |
ClassNoToString c2; | |
std::cout << CallToString(&c2) << std::endl; | |
int c3 = 0; | |
std::cout << CallToString(&c3) << std::endl; | |
return 0; | |
} |
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