IObject: added convenience template version of QueryInterface

Author: TheMostDiligent

Primitives/interface/Object.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright 2019-2022 Diligent Graphics LLC
+ *  Copyright 2019-2024 Diligent Graphics LLC
  *  Copyright 2015-2019 Egor Yusov
  *
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #include "InterfaceID.h"
 #include "ReferenceCounters.h"
 
+#if DILIGENT_CPP_INTERFACE
+#    include <type_traits>
+#endif
+
 DILIGENT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(Diligent)
 
 #if DILIGENT_CPP_INTERFACE
@@ -77,6 +81,12 @@ struct IObject
     /// reference counters object. The method does *NOT* increment
     /// the number of strong references to the returned object.
     virtual IReferenceCounters* DILIGENT_CALL_TYPE GetReferenceCounters() const = 0;
+
+    template <typename DerivedType, typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<IObject, DerivedType>::value>::type>
+    void QueryInterface(const INTERFACE_ID& IID, DerivedType** ppInterface)
+    {
+        QueryInterface(IID, reinterpret_cast<IObject**>(ppInterface));
+    }
 };
 
 #else