Question

I have a set of types related with a one-to-one relation, for example:

TypeA ---> Type1
TypeB ---> Type2 
TypeC ---> Type3

I know these relation at compile time.

Then, I have a template class that depends on this two types:

template<class T1,class T2>
class MyClass
{
  T1 foo;
  T2 bar;
};

Now, the user of my library will type something like:

MyClass<TypeA,Type1> x;

This is inconvenient because there is a dependency between the two types and it should be enough for the user specify only the first type.

Also, mixing the two types shouldn’t be possible:

MyClass<TypeA,Type2> y; //it should not compile

I am not very familiar with template meta programming, I got the impression that this is doable task, but I may be wrong.

The number of types involved is big, however I am happy to run a script to generate the code if necessary.

Do you know if it is possible or I am wasting my time? Do you have any ideas to point me on the right direction?

Answer 1

template<class T>
struct get_mapped;

template<>
struct get_mapped<TypeA>{
    typedef Type1 type;
};

// and so on....


template<class T>
class MyClass{
    typedef typename get_mapped<T>::type T2;

    T foo;
    T2 bar;
};