I am not able to find the right technical term to mention child or instance of a template.
What's the right one, child or instance or something else I am not aware of?
Sorry for my unclear original question.
Its not related to any language. The Template I am talking about is a business concept in my application.
Say for example, I have a "chair" template. I would set a few property values to it to create it's usable instances.
I need this for naming and documentation stuff.
Shortlisted 3 terms: Instance, Definition, Child. Whats suits better?
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3Is it possible to clarify your question a bit more please? For example, what language are you using? Could you give an example of a related template?– NoChanceFeb 20, 2012 at 3:24
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1Is this in C++?– James P.Feb 20, 2012 at 3:32
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a definition?
You can explicitly tell the compiler when it should generate a definition from a template. This is called explicit instantiation.
but I think an 'instantiation' is more usual terminology, so 'instance' is just as good for templates too.
According to the book C++ Templates - The Complete Guide (chapter "Termonology"), it is called "specialization". The process of creating a specialization is called instantiation.
answered Feb 21, 2012 at 14:05
Instantiation. That's it..
In C++, the instantiation of template is done like vector<int> testVector; in this case testVector is just like any other ordinary object.
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In many other languages, (Not C++ to my knowledge) there is a concept called metaclass who's instances are classes.
answered Feb 20, 2012 at 4:51
It's hard to understand what template means in this context but in one conceptual interpretation of the word an instance of a template could be considered a prototype, or perhaps archetype, blueprint, definition
answered Feb 21, 2012 at 14:43
I'd use "view" to describe an instance of a template.
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Maybe am example would help of how to use "view" would make this a better answer... Feb 20, 2012 at 15:58
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