Storing a list of arbitrary objects in C++

Question

In Java, you can have a List of Objects. You can add objects of multiple types, then retrieve them, check their type, and perform the appropriate action for that type.
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Answer 1

RTTI (Run time type info) in C++ has always been tough, especially cross-compiler.

You're best option is to use STL and define an interface in order to determine the object type:

public class IThing
{
   virtual bool isA(const char* typeName);
}

void myFunc()
{
   std::vector things;

   // ...

   things.add(new FrogThing());
   things.add(new LizardThing());

   // ...

   for (int i = 0; i < things.length(); i++)
   {
       IThing* pThing = things[i];

       if (pThing->isA("lizard"))
       {
         // do this
       }
       // etc
   }
}

Mike