I've written a Vbo template class to work with opengl.

I'd like to set the type from a config file at runtime.

e.g.

<vbo type="bump_vt" ... />

Vbo* pVbo = new Vbo(bump_vt, ...);

Is there some way I can do this without a large if else block e.g.

if( sType.compareTo("bump_vt") == 0 )
    Vbo* pVbo = new Vbo(bump_vt, ...);
else if
    ...

I'm writing for multiple platforms in c++.

thanks