Retrieving a c++ class name programmatically

Question

I was wondering if it is possible in C++ to retrieve the name of a class in string form without having to hardcode it into a variable or a getter. I\'m aware that none of th

Answer 1

If you just want to check if it's certain class, then

typeid(obj) == typeid(CSubClass)

will always work regardless of the implementations.

Otherwise, a convenient way is to declare:

virtual const char* classname() { return "CMyClass";}

and implement per subclass.