Chapter 17   TEMPLATES AND EXCEPTIONS

CHAPTER GOALS

·      To be able to write a C++ function template.

·      To be able to write code that instantiates a function template.

·      To be able to write a user-defined specialization of a function template.

·      To be able to write a C++ class template.

·      To be able to write code that instantiates a class template.

·      To be able to write function definitions for members of a template class.

·      To be able to define an exception class and write code that throws an exception.

·      To be able to write an exception handler.

Chapter 18   RECURSION

CHAPTER GOALS

·      To be able to identify the base case(s) and the general case in a recursive definition.

·      To be able to write a recursive algorithm for a problem involving only simple variables.

·      To be able to write a recursive algorithm for a problem involving structured variables.

·      To be able to write a recursive algorithm for a problem involving linked lists.