from void* back to an object

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  1. mad_girl

    mad_girl New Member

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    now here's the problem
    i'm trying to make a linked list store different types of data object (which i don know what they r now)
    so i used void* like this
    //for example a node of int
    node<userDefindData>* n;
    void* ptr=n;
    and now i have the address of my node in my ptr ,but how can i treat this pointer as an object
    and call its functions???????
     
  2. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Make an object pointer and cast the void pointer to the object pointer and that should allow you to call the functions of that object.
     
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    mad_girl New Member

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    firstly if i'm using node to store userDefinedData1, userDefinedData2, userDefinedData3 and i don know now which of them this pointer refering to so i can't make the cast..
    secondly it gives me an error on a statement like this
    node<userDefinedData>* k=dynamic_cast<node<userDefindData>*>(ptr);
     
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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    If you do not know what type of object it is you should also not know what function to call.
     

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