Problem detecting enter key with Cin and Template

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I'm currently working on a bit of code which takes in a value of a template of type "item." After this, it is supposed to check if the enter key is pressed or not and then return the value to be inserted into a linked list. If it is pressed without data, it then returns NULL to end the list. But none of the methods I know for checking for length or endlines work with templates to detect enter. I was wondering how I might go on carrying this out.

template<class item>
Entry<item> * Entry<item>::GetNewEntry()
{
	std::cout << "Enter name (Press ENTER to quit): ";
	item newName;
	std::cin.get(newName); //<<<<<<<<<<<Problem here
	if (newName.empty())   //<<<<<<<<<<<Problem here
		return NULL;
	Entry<item> *newOne = new Entry;
	newOne->Set_Name(newName);
	newOne->Set_Link(NULL);
	return newOne;