Given a base class using CRTP, I'm looking at declaring a member in the base template class where the type is dependent of the derived class.
While the following works as intended:
template <class T> class BaseTraits;
template <class T> class Base {
using TypeId = typename BaseTraits<T>::TypeId;
TypeId id;
public:
Base() { id = 123; }
TypeId getId() { return id; }
};
class Derived;
template <> class BaseTraits<Derived> {
public:
using TypeId = int;
};
class Derived : public Base<Derived> {};
int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
Derived foo;
return foo.getId();
}
I wonder if I could simplify the implementation. I could add a second template parameter to the Base
template, and make BaseTraits
simpler or even get rid of it. However the above snippet is already an attempt to remove the second template parameter. I'm looking at solutions that doesn't involve a second template parameter for Base
.
I've tried something like the following but it doesn't compile:
error: invalid use of incomplete type 'class Derived'
template <class T> class Base {
using TypeId = typename T::TypeId;
TypeId id;
public:
Base() { id = 123; }
TypeId getId() { return id; }
};
class Derived : public Base<Derived> {
public:
using TypeId = int;
};
int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
Derived foo;
return foo.getId();
}
UPDATE:
- I'm limited to c++14.
Base
must be a template.- Performance is a must.