Help with default parameter value using ptr-to-functor

I don't know if this is even possible, but can you set a default function pointer in a function's calling signature, like
you can for passing ints or floats, so one doesn't need to be passed all the time? If so -- how? I'm having trouble with
the syntax.

Below is my calling procedure, which you can see I pass a functor pointer, but I'd like to set a default so I don't need to
pass a functor pointer every time. This is because most of the time I should just use a default function ptr.

The errors I get are:
1) invalid use of member 'MyTable:aram' -- this is a private data member of MyTable: why can't it be used here?
2) 'parameterNumber' was not declared in this scope: it's on the stack already isn't it? why can't it be used??

Code:

Boolean MyTable::GetData(int beginTimestamp, int endTimestamp, string & output, const uint parameterNumber, const uint dataType)
{
   switch (dataType)
   {
      case 1:
      {
         //create our functor objects
         AbstractFunctor* functorPtrLow = new T_SpecificFunctor<MyParameter> (param[parameterNumber], &MyParameter::GetLowerROCGraphBoundary);
      
         //use the specific function ptr I tell it to use....
         Boolean returnvalue = GetData(beginTimestamp, endTimestamp, output, parameterNumber, &MyTable::GetRateOfChange, functorPtrLow);
                
         delete functorPtrLow;
         functorPtrLow = NULL;
         
         return (returnvalue);
                         
      }; //end case 
      
 
      case 2:
      {
         //use "default" function ptr.....................................................................no 6th parameters passed here
         Boolean returnvalue = GetData(beginTimestamp, endTimestamp, output, parameterNumber, &MyTable::GetStandardDeviation);
         
         return (returnvalue);                         
                   
      }; //end case      
            
      .......
   } //end switch
} //end MyTable::GetData(...)

This is my actual method signature, and I've tried various ways, but I can't get the default parameter syntax right.

Code:

   protected:
      virtual Boolean MyTable::GetData(int beginTimestamp, int endTimestamp, string & output, const uint parameterNumber, 
                                       Boolean (MyTable::* QAMethod)(float & value, const int timestamp, const uint param_number),
                                       AbstractFunctor*  lowFcn = T_SpecificFunctor<MyParameter> (param[parameterNumber], &MyParameter::DefaultFunction));

I could do a "if ptr is NULL, use this function" in GetData(...), then pass NULL ptrs, but I was hoping there'd be a more elegant way....

Thanks for any help....

You can't use member variables, index arrays, and so forth in a function parameter. Your best bet would be to have a non-templated base-class that has a default constructor, and then model the function something like:

Code:

virtual Boolean 
 MyTable::
  GetData(
    int beginTimestamp, 
    int endTimestamp, 
    string & output, 
    const uint parameterNumber, 
    Boolean (MyTable::* QAMethod)
       (float & value, 
        const int timestamp, 
        const uint param_number),
    const AbstractFunctorBase &  lowFcn 
    = AbstractFunctorBase())
{
 //
}

Of course, since you seem to want to use some default object that depends on the internals of the intantiating object, that may not work for you. In that case, just use the pointer method and make the default value NULL (the 'undesired' method you described.

Thanks for the help. The base class of my functor is non-templated, but the nature of the code won't let me setup a default constructor to solve this problem (like you suspected), so I think I'll go with the NULL pointer solution. Thanks again!