Re: [Boost-users] Storing types in a non-template class?

24 Jan 2008

      AMDG

Robert Dailey wrote:
...
Hi,
I have a singleton class called InputRegistry. Before the class is 
used, the user must call:
InputRegistry::Initialize();
I would like this function to take a parameter that defines the type 
of a critical section object, which is unknown at compile time 
(template). I need to store this type in my InputRegistry class so 
that the unknown critical section type can be constructed later. How 
can I do this without making InputRegistry a template class? If I make 
InputRegistry a template, that basically means I need to redesign the 
class, as the singleton pattern would not apply if it were a template 
class.
I'm hoping boost can help here. Thanks in advance.
I would expect the solution to look something like this (warning untested)

struct critical_section_base {
    virtual void lock() = 0;
    virtual void unlock() = 0;
};

template<class T>
struct critical_section_wrapper {
public:
    virtual void lock() { t.lock(); }
    virtual void unlock() { t.unlock(); }
private:
    T t;
};

class InputRegistry {
public:
    template<class T>
    static void Initialize() {
        critical_section_generator = 
boost::lambda::new_<critical_section_wrapper<T> >();
    }
private:
    static boost::function<critical_section_base*()> 
critical_section_generator;
};

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe