Static method in base class reflect the derived class name-CodePudding

Here is base class:

class Product
{
public:
    static void RegisterClass() {
        string b = __FUNCTION__;
    };
}

and here is the derived class.

class Milk: Product
{}

in the main function I call the static method this way:

main(){
    Milk.RegisterClass();
}

Then it writes value Product::RegisterClass into variable b. Is there a way to get value Milk::RegisterClass in the static method.

I don't want to instantiate the classes. And the main goal behind this scenario is to register Milk string somewhere.

CodePudding user response：

The fairly constrained scenario presented by OP can be achieved reasonably well with the use of CRTP:

As pointed out in the comments, type_info::name() is fraught with uncertainty, so a better approach would be to explicitly state the string to use:

#include <string>
#include <string_view>
#include <iostream>

template<typename CRTP>
class Product
{
public:
    static void RegisterClass() {
        std::string b{CRTP::product_name};
        std::cout << b << "\n";
    };
};

class Milk : public Product<Milk> {
public:
    static constexpr std::string_view product_name{"Milk"};
};

int main() {
    Milk::RegisterClass();
}