Object Oriented Programming with C++, Second Edition

SUMMARY

• Generic programming – A technique for defining classes or functions in terms of generic type. The compiler automatically substitutes code for a specified type.
• Parameterized classes – Templates are sometimes called parameterized classes as templates are defined with a parameter that would be replaced by a specified data type.
• Parameterized functions – Function templates are sometimes called parameterized functions.
• We can have function templates as well as class templates.
• Function template – A function is defined in terms of generalized class (type), say T. It produces many versions depending on the definition of T.
• We can overload a function template for a particular type.
• Class template – The class template is also called a generic ...