Introductions aside, I would like to ask whether a generic object factory implementation would be best put in a framework or a library. What I am looking for is something to the effect of the Spring [1] framework but in C++. With the issues like late/dynamic binding having many different implementations in many different platforms, the best I could conceptualize is a static template for different object types.
I've also implemented something of a smaller scale, when implementing reflection for win32gui. You can take a look at: http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/ (download v1.6.6. or v1.6.7) Then, take a look at reflection/detail/runtime_class.hpp Best, John -- John Torjo, Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal -- "Win32 GUI Generics" -- generics & GUI do mix, after all -- http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/ -v1.6.3 (Resource Splitter) -- http://www.torjo.com/cb/ - Click, Build, Run!