Creating a new object from dynamic type info

Question

In C++, is there any way to query the type of an object and then use that information to dynamically create a new object of the same type?

For example, say I have a

Answer 1

class Base
{
public:
 virtual ~Base() { }
};

class Foo : public Base
{

};

class Bar : public Base
{

};

template
T1* fun(T1* obj)
{
 T2* temp = new T2();
 return temp;
}

int main()
{
  Base* b = new Foo();
  fun(b);
}