How to typeof in C++

Question

How to simulate C# typeof-command behavior in C++?

C# example:

public static PluginNodeList GetPlugins (Type type)
{
 ...
}

Call:

Answer 1

Designing around this problem would be the best choice. Good use of object orientation can usually help but you can always create your own system for querying the type of an object by using a base class which stores an identifier for each object, for instance.

Always try to avoid using dynamic_cast as it most often uses string comparison to find the type of an object and that makes it really slow.