Question

In my last question I received great help in getting a template specialization to work. Now I need a little extension. I want two specializations for these statements:

int main()
{
    // First specialization
    holder_ext<person> h1;
    holder_ext<person, &person::age> h2;
    holder_ext<int> h3;

    // Second specialization
    holder_ext<person, &person::age, &person::name> h4;
}

My class person looks like this:

class person
{
private:
    std::string name_;
    int age_;
public:
    person(const std::string &name)
        : name_(name), age_(56)
    {}
    void age(int a) { age_ = i; }
    void name(const std::string &n) { name_ = n; }
};

The special thing is, that the two member functions have different parameter types. So I can’t use the same variadic template member function for both. I tried it with two different variadic templates. But that doesn’t work. Also default values for the member functions do not work.

Does anybody have a good hint for me?

This is the solution with one member function (thanks to Pubby):

template < class T, void (std::conditional<std::is_class<T>::value, T, struct dummy>::type::* ...FUNC)(int)> class holder;

template < class T, void (T::*FUNC)(int)>
class holder<T, FUNC>
{
public:
    explicit holder() : setter(FUNC) { std::cout << "func\n"; }
private:
    std::function<void (value_type&, int)> setter;
};

template < class T>
class holder<T>
{
public:
    explicit holder() { std::cout << "plain\n"; }
};

Thanks again in advance!

P.S.: And no, I won’t come up in two days with “what must do with three, four, five member functions”? 😉

Answer 1

Finally I found a solution for my problem. It is a mix between variadic templates and template specilization:

template < class T,
void (std::conditional<std::is_base_of<object, T>::value, T, struct dummy>::type::*FUNC1)(int) = nullptr,
void (std::conditional<std::is_base_of<object, T>::value, T, struct dummy>::type::* ...FUNC2)(const std::string&)
>
class holder_ext;

template < class T,
void (std::conditional<std::is_base_of<object, T>::value, T, struct dummy>::type::*FUNC1)(int),
void (std::conditional<std::is_base_of<object, T>::value, T, struct dummy>::type::*FUNC2)(const std::string&)
>
class holder_ext<T, FUNC1, FUNC2>
{
public:
    holder_ext() { std::cout << "func 2 test\n"; }
};

template < class T,
void (std::conditional<std::is_base_of<object, T>::value, T, struct dummy>::type::*FUNC1)(int)
>
class holder_ext<T, FUNC1>
{
public:
    holder_ext() { std::cout << "func 1 test\n"; }
};

I use a not implemented declaration and define two specializations. One with both member function and the other one for all other cases.

If there is a better solution dont’t hesitate to tell me.