/* example/example16.cpp -- automatic upcasting for polymorphic types Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. */ #include "example.h" struct BaseClass { virtual ~BaseClass() {} }; struct DerivedClass1 : BaseClass { }; struct DerivedClass2 : BaseClass { }; void init_ex16(py::module &m) { py::class_(m, "BaseClass").def(py::init<>()); py::class_(m, "DerivedClass1").def(py::init<>()); py::class_(m, "DerivedClass2").def(py::init<>()); m.def("return_class_1", []() -> BaseClass* { return new DerivedClass1(); }); m.def("return_class_2", []() -> BaseClass* { return new DerivedClass2(); }); m.def("return_none", []() -> BaseClass* { return nullptr; }); }