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How to make that typeid returns the type of object child

ShotoReapre (37)
Hi!
I have the class ' Component' with a std::string variable, 'name' that his value is typeid(this).name(), call from constructor.

The problem is that when a class inherits from Component remains typeid 'Component'. If I want the name of the Cube was 'Cube', but from the function of Component ... How could I?

Component

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std::string name;

Component::Component()
{
   generateUniqueName();
}    

void generateUniqueName(void)
{
  name = typeid(this).name();
  cout<<name<<endl;
}
}


Cube
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class Cube : public Component
{

}


output:
Component

And I want that the name is 'Cube'.
cire (8284)
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

class Component
{
public:
    // Must have polymorphic behavior.
    virtual ~Component() {}

    std::string getType() const
    {
        // must dereference the pointer to get at the polymorphic type.
        return typeid(*this).name() ;
    }
};

class Cube : public Component
{
};

int main()
{
    Component component ;
    Cube cube ;
    Component * c = &cube ;

    std::cout << "component: " << component.getType()
              << "\ncube: " << cube.getType()
              << "\nc: " << c->getType() << '\n' ;
}
 
component: class Component
cube: class Cube
c: class Cube

ShotoReapre (37)
Yes, if a call the function in main(), this returns the class correctly. But I need call this function from the constructor of Component. I need that the name generation is automatic.
cire (8284)
But I need call this function from the constructor of Component.


Then I'm afraid you're going to need to change your design so you don't need that.
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