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Generics and Templates

Yet another form of polymorphism is the use of generics or templates. Here a type can be used as a parameter is a class description.

template <class T> class link {
public:
	T value;
	link<T> * nextLink;
};

The declaration provides the actual type:

	link<int> intLink; // link with integer value
Intro OOP, Chapter 14, Slide 21