C++ specialization of template function inside template class

Question

What is the C++ syntax for specializing a template function that\'s inside a template class? For example, consider that I have the following two classes and their usage. I

Answer 1

AFAIK (and the standards experts can correct me), you cannot specialize a templated function of a class template without specializing the class itself...

i.e. the following I think will work:

template <> template <> int X::getAThing(std::string param) {
   return getIntThing(param); // Some function that crunches on param and returns an int.
}