[RESOLVED] Identifying Types

I think I remember reading somewhere how to do this but I can't remember how to for the life of me now that I need to do it. Figures huh? :)

I have a method that uses generics for a parameter. It's purpose is to output necessary information about an object to either the console (debugging) or to the window as needed. However I need to be able to identify the base type of the incoming parameter inside the method and I can't remember how to do that.

Here's a skeleton of the method:

Code:

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template <typename T>
void displayObjectInfoConsole(T inObject) {
}

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Is this something I can use RTTI for or am I thinking in the wrong direction?

I resolved my issue. It's called template specialization. Nice when you find out everything about templates finally.

Although this solution still seems a little... I don't know... hefty in terms of writing extra code for each individual possible type that can be passed to the method (I'm talking UDTs not base types).