Point two objects to the same location

[singhal.prateek]

Hi,

How can we make two objects point to the same location? For e.g. I have
an object obj1 of a class and I want to have another object obj2 to
point to the member variables of obj1. Something like:

TestClass ob1 = new TestClass();
...
...
...
TestClass ob2 = ob1; // This doesn't work; It just creates a copy of
ob1 in ob2 and both are independent.

ob2.changeMember(); // I want this change to be reflected in ob1

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Prateek

 

[Alan Johnson]

Hi,

How can we make two objects point to the same location? For e.g. I have
an object obj1 of a class and I want to have another object obj2 to
point to the member variables of obj1. Something like:

TestClass ob1 = new TestClass();
..
..
..
TestClass ob2 = ob1; // This doesn't work; It just creates a copy of
ob1 in ob2 and both are independent.

ob2.changeMember(); // I want this change to be reflected in ob1

Any help will be appreciated.

Use a reference.

TestClass obj1 = new TestClass() ;
TestClass & obj2 = obj1 ;

 

[Rolf Magnus]

Hi,

How can we make two objects point to the same location?

If you want to point, you might want to try a pointer. ;-)
An object _is_ a location (that contains data), so you can't have two
objects at the same location. C++ mandates that every object has a distinct
address.

For e.g. I have an object obj1 of a class and I want to have another
object obj2 to point to the member variables of obj1. Something like:

TestClass ob1 = new TestClass();
..
..
..
TestClass ob2 = ob1; // This doesn't work; It just creates a copy of
ob1 in ob2 and both are independent.

Try:

TestClass& ob2 = ob1;

That creates a reference to ob1. Now you can use ob2 and ob1 interchangably
to refer to the same object.

 

[LuTHieR]

Try using pointers:

TestClass *ob1 = new TestClass ();
TestClass *ob2 = ob1;

Regards,

LuTHieR

 

[Phlip]

Use a reference.

TestClass obj1 = new TestClass() ;
TestClass & obj2 = obj1 ;

Use a reference:

TestClass obj1;
TestClass & obj2 = obj1 ;

Don't use 'new' unless you absolutely need to, and don't use pointers unless
you need their features that references don't have. Until you learn what
these are, use references.

 

[singhal.prateek]

Thanks all of you. I was stupid not to have figured this out.

 

[sandravandale]

Thanks all of you. I was stupid not to have figured this out.

No, not stupid. We all start at the same place. The only stupid
question is the one never asked.

-Sandra