"TargetClass"

Hi there /prog/

Is something like this possible?

For example, let's say that I have two classes:

class MyWorld
{
    public:
        MyWorld();
        void setup();
        void draw();
    //
};
...
class OtherWorld
{
    public:
        OtherWorld();
        void setup();
        void draw();
    //
};

Then, I'd like to have a "TargetWorld" class, where for example:


TargetWorld targetWorld;

targetWorld = myWorld;
...
targetWorld = otherWorld;

Then, I'd like to be able to call

targetWorld.draw();
targetWorld.setup();

And that would call the initial class's method.  I was thinking about using templates or class inheritance and virtual methods, but I'm not sure if that's the right path.

>>9
Thank you!  That's just what I was looking for, works great.  Is this faster than having lots of switch statements to determine render, input, and drawing?  Before, it looked like:

Input thread:

switch (CurrentWorld)
{
    case Worlds::MainMenu:
        mainMenuWorld.input(event);
    break;
    case Worlds::Level:
        levelWorld.input(event);
    break;
}

Main game loop:

//gameTime computation
{
    switch (CurrentWorld)
    {
        case Worlds::MainMenu:
            mainMenuWorld.update();
        break;
        case Worlds::Level:
            levelWorld.update();
        break;
    }
}

//Drawing logic:
switch (CurrentWorld)
{
    case Worlds::MainMenu:
        mainMenuWorld.draw();
    break;
    case Worlds::Level:
        levelWorld.draw();
    break;
}

I assume using the virtual methods are a lot faster then having many switch statements.