Class Templates

Template type members

Another powerful feature of C++ is the ability to create template classes, which are classes with members of a generic type.

Just like function templates, class templates are also extensively used in real-world scenarios. Some of these are listed below:

• The C++ Standard Template Library (STL) uses class templates for containers like list, map and set.

• In game development, class templates are used for creating generic game objects and components.

• We implement graph and network data structures with template-based vertices and edges.

Example

Let’s look at the following example: