Articles by Francis Xavier Pulikotil (Articles: 5, Tip/Tricks: 2)

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C++	Sealing Classes in C++ 2 Sep 2009 Updated: 2 Sep 2009 Rating: 4.38/5 Votes: 9 Popularity: 4.17 Licence: MIT Views: 74,422 Bookmarked: 17 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A method to create sealed classes in C++
	Enum to String and Vice Versa in C++ 2 Sep 2009 Updated: 2 Sep 2009 Rating: 4.88/5 Votes: 11 Popularity: 4.88 Licence: MIT Views: 105,890 Bookmarked: 30 Downloaded: 2,176 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A simple method to convert a C++ enumeration to its equivalent string representation and vice versa
	A Type-safe Generic Pointer 18 Feb 2011 Updated: 2 Mar 2011 Rating: 4.82/5 Votes: 18 Popularity: 6.05 Licence: MIT Views: 63,434 Bookmarked: 37 Downloaded: 397 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A safer alternative to void*, any_ptr can point to any type of object and provide type-safe, const-correct access to it.
	Super Factory 14 Sep 2011 Updated: 14 Sep 2011 Rating: 4.78/5 Votes: 10 Popularity: 4.78 Licence: MIT Views: 40,591 Bookmarked: 25 Downloaded: 443 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A single unified interface for creating (almost) any kind of object in C++.
	ArrayView, StringView 1 Dec 2014 Updated: 1 Dec 2014 Rating: 4.64/5 Votes: 13 Popularity: 5.01 Licence: MIT Views: 28,523 Bookmarked: 14 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Immutable, non-owning, efficient views over all or part of existing arrays and strings.

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	Switching on custom objects [Tip/Trick] 14 Nov 2014 Updated: 14 Nov 2014 Rating: 4.88/5 Votes: 16 Popularity: 5.88 Licence: Public Domain Views: 14,280 Bookmarked: 13 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A switch-like construct for custom objects to improve readability.
	Adapt Cast [Tip/Trick] 29 Oct 2015 Updated: 29 Oct 2015 Rating: 4.87/5 Votes: 11 Popularity: 5.07 Licence: MIT Views: 7,840 Bookmarked: 8 Downloaded: 159 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Enable passing an argument by reference, to a function which expects an argument of a different type.

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Francis Xavier Pulikotil

Software Developer

United States

Besides loving spending time with family, Francis Xavier likes to watch sci-fi/fantasy/action/drama movies, listen to music, and play video-games. After being exposed to a few video-games, he developed an interest in computer programming. He currently holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications.