OnJava8-Examples/generics/InstantiateGenericType.cpp

// generics/InstantiateGenericType.cpp
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// C++, not Java!

template<class T> class Foo {
  T x; // Create a field of type T
  T* y; // Pointer to T
public:
  // Initialize the pointer:
  Foo() { y = new T(); }
};

class Bar {};

int main() {
  Foo<Bar> fb;
  Foo<int> fi; // ... and it works with primitives
}