Ways to detect whether a C++ virtual function has been redefined in a derived class

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You can’t check for override of virtual function portably.

You need to bring the knowledge to the Solver, preferably via type as opposed to run-time flag.

One (type-based) way is to check for presence or absence of a interface, via dynamic_cast.

A probably better way is to provide overloads of solve function, in your case the Solver constructor.

Probably better advice could be given if you provided a more concrete description of the problem. It does remind of typical situation where someone (1) needs to solve some problem P, (2) envisions technical approach X as a solution to P, (3) discovers that X doesn’t cut it, and (4) asks how to make X work for a vague description of P, or even for some unrelated problem Q. The details of original problem P will often suggest a much better solution than X, and the problems of making X work, irrelevant to solving P.

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