Question

Is there an STL container or something else that gives the same functionality as Java’s Linked List or C#’s Array List? i.e appending different types into the same array like

List.Append(1);
List.Append("I am a string");
List.Append(True);

and dynamic functions like

List.Resize();
List.GetSize();

etc.?

If not , can u implement one yourself using templates etc.? If so, How?

Answer 1

It’s hard to implement this using templates because templates assume a single type for members. In C++ you’ll have to use polymorphism with a common source (which is available in Java and C# as a common “Object” parent for all the classes, IMHO).

You can try to do it using the boost library, and the boost::variant or boost::any (choose which one fits your needs).