Class Template cont.

• Implicit Instantiation.

  • ArrayTb<int, 100> stuff; // note no “template”

• Explicit Instantiation.

  • template class ArrayTb<String, 100>

• Explicit Specialization.

  • template <class T> // non specialized
  • class SortedArray
  • { ... };
  • template <> class SortedArray<char *>
  • // specialized. Forces strcmp to be used instead of > to compare array values.
  • SortedArray<int> scores; // use general defn
  • SortedArray<char *> dates; // use specialized defn