Introduction to C++ Friends, Nesting, Static Members, and Templates

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Class Templates

•Class templates allow us to apply the concept of parametric polymorphism on a class-by-class basis.

•Their purpose is to isolate type dependencies for a particular class of objects.

•Using class templates, we shift the burden of creating duplicate classes to handle various combinations of data types to the compiler.

•Type dependencies can be found by looking for those types that cause a particular class to differ from another class responsible for the same kind of behavior.