The objectives for this assignment involve function and class templates.

Objectives

$1$ Demonstrate how to prototype $($declare$)$ a function template.

$2$ Demonstrate how to define a class template.

Use the assignment project and files provided. There are several overloaded functions for different types

of arrays that return the maximum value in the array. Replace $($remove$)$ the overloaded function

prototypes and definitions with just one function template prototype and definition.

Requirements

$1$ Replace the $5$ overloaded function declarations and definitions for amax in TestTemplates.cpp

with a single function template declaration$/$definition$.$

$2$ The existing function call statements should all work the same and produce the same

output as they did before calling a template function.

$3$

Use the Distance class as is; no modifications are necessary. $($Note that when passing a

Distance array to the template function, the return value will be a Distance object and

therefore cannot be inserted directly into the output stream.$)$

$4$

Add another function template to print the elements of the arrays to a file. Include at

least $2$ examples using $2$ different array types $-$ print each to a different file. Call the

print function somewhere before the array out$-$of$-$bounds error at the end of the

program listing, or comment$-$out that line; otherwise the program will exit before the

print function can be called. Also, do not attempt to use the Distance array since it will

not work with the insertion $<<$ operator.

$5$

Make SafeArray a class template and demonstrate how to create safe arrays using

different types, including the Distance type. Also, write class

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in separate $.$h and $.$cpp files, and modify the

SafeArray class so that it throws this exception instead of printing a message and

abnormally ending the program. Use a try$-$catch with the main program statement

that is causing the program to end abnormally so that instead the main program prints

the error message but continues to the normal end of program where main returns.

Considerations:

$$ Review the lab exercises for function and class templates for hints about syntax issues.

$$ Note that an array parameter is a pointer; this works because an array variable is a constant address,

and because the array subscript operator $[]$ works with a pointer to an array.

$$ For Requirement #$5,$ do not attempt to pass a SafeArray object to the template function; it is an

object, not an array, and will not work with the array subscript operator $[]$ inside the template

function. It has its own max member function.

Additional Requirements:

Include your name, course, section $($CSC$240)$ at the top of the EVERY program file as a comment. Submit

all $.$cpp and $.$h files that you either created or modified. Any files that were provided that did NOT have

changes do NOT need to be submitted.