I'm trying to overload operator<<
of a class template , like this:
template<int V1,int V2>
class Screen
{
template<int T1,int T2> friend ostream& operator<< (ostream &,Screen<T1,T2>&);
private:
int width;
int length;
public:
Screen():width(V1),length(V2){}
};
template<int T1,int T2>
ostream& operator<< (ostream &os,Screen<T1,T2> &screen)
{
os << screen.width << ' ' << screen.length;
return os;
}
the code above is running corrent!but i want to know if there is any way to overload operator<<
in a way by not setting it as a function template:
friend ostream& operator<< (ostream &,Screen<T1,T2>&);
?
Yes, but you have to predeclare the template and use <>
syntax:
template<int V1, int V2> class Screen;
template<int T1, int T2> ostream &operator<< (ostream &,Screen<T1,T2> &);
template<int V1, int V2>
class Screen
{
friend ostream& operator<< <>(ostream &, Screen&);
...
Good practice is to have some public function printContent
like this -
void Screen::printContent(ostream &os)
{
os << width << ' ' << length;
}
ostream& operator<< (ostream &os,Screen<T1,T2> &screen)
{
screen.printContent(os);
return os;
}
thus you don't need any friend
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