c++ - Call a classes method using a std::string -

say have following class: (possibly meta-generated)

class myclass {     public:         mymethod();      ... } 

assuming few things here:

1.) have class name somewhere (let's pretend) 2.) have names of class methods somewhere ( std::map< std::string, std::function> ... perhaps? ) 

so...since may not know name of mymethod() until runtime, there way call using std::string ? assuming have names of class functions stored somewhere.

myclass example;  std::string funcname{ findmymethod() };//get std::string name of mymethod  example.somehowrunmymethodusing_funcname_(); 

i know c++ not suited introspection-like situations, i'd figure out.

thanks!

there many ways, using map of member function pointers among general methods same signature.

#include <iostream> #include <map> #include <string> using namespace std;  class my_class { public:     void method_1() { wcout << "method_1\n"; }     void method_2() { wcout << "method_2\n"; }     void method_3() { wcout << "method_3\n"; } };  auto method_name() -> string { return "method_3"; }  auto main() -> int {     map<string, void (my_class::*)()> methods =     {         { "method_1", &my_class::method_1 },         { "method_2", &my_class::method_2 },         { "method_3", &my_class::method_3 },     };      my_class example;     (example.*methods.at( method_name() ))(); } 

supporting different signatures harder.

then diy runtime type checking.