help generic list and temlate

I want to create a generic list of objects.
I could specify the list type ie

typedef Plorg Item;

Instead I want it to be generic (the type of list) and based on an object sent to the function create, which would create a list of the object refrenced. One alternative is too create a constructor of list type that resolves to a list of type any object passed to it.
How do I resolve Any to the type of object passed either in the function create or a constructor of the List class.

Code:

// List of customers prblm 3 pg 417 c++ primer plus
#ifndef _ListH_H_
#define _ListH_H_


template <typename Any>  // typename any
void create(Any &a, Any &b);

typedef Any Item; // is this valid?

class List
{
    private:
	    enum {MAX=10};
	    Item items[MAX];
	    int index;
	public:
        List();

        bool isempty() const;

        bool isfull() const;
        
        // add returns false if List is full, else true
        bool add(const Item &item); // add item to List
        
        // edit list function pointer
        void List::edlist(void (*pf)(Item &))
};

class Plorg
{
	private:
		char name[19];
		// ci--contentment index
		int ci;
	public:
		Plorg();
		void eat();
		void report();
};
#endif

Would this work?
Passing an object to the constructor..................prbly not.
Item needs to resolve to the type of object passed to the constructor. How do I do this?

in main I would then do somthing like this
Plorg Creature;
List PlorgList(Creature);

Code:

// List of customers prblm 3 pg 417 c++ primer plus
#ifndef _ListH_H_
#define _ListH_H_


template <typename Any>  // typename any
void create(Any &a, Any &b);

typedef Any Item;

class List(const Item &item)
{
    private:
	    enum {MAX=10};
	    Item items[MAX];
	    int index;
	public:
        List();

        bool isempty() const;

        bool isfull() const;
        
        // add returns false if List is full, else true
        bool add(const Item &item); // add item to List
        
        // edit list function pointer
        void List::edlist(void (*pf)(Item &))
};

class Plorg
{
	private:
		char name[19];
		// ci--contentment index
		int ci;
	public:
		Plorg();
		void eat();
		void report();
};
#endif