Hi Mahesh, Actually I thought myself about a such solution. But how do you know to what class do you have to cast(dynamic_cast)? That is the Question! You do not know if you are reading in a "Circle" or a "Line"... If the implementation is made using typeid or class name I do not really care. Regards, Andrei _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/