Handle Class

[Peterwkc]

Hello all C++ expert programmer,

I have a handle class which point to another class and use the pointer as object.

I follow the code from C++ articles submited by someone in this forum. Unfortunately, my compilation is failed.

Below is my code :

// Main.cpp
 
#include<iostream>
#include "myclass.h"
#include "HandleClass.h"
 
using namespace std;
 
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    Handle aHandler(3, 4);
 
    aHandler->getx();
    aHandler->gety();
 
    return 0;
}
 
 

Heade File :

// Handle Class
 
#ifndef _myclass_
#define _myclass_
 
class myclass
{
    int x, y;
 
public:
    myclass() : x(0), y(0){}
    myclass(int user1, int user2) : x(user1), y(user2){}
 
    ~myclass(){}
 
    void getx(){std::cout << "X is " << x;}
    void gety(){std::cout << "Y is " << y;}
};
 
#endif
 
 

Header File :

// Handle to class
 
#ifndef _Handle_
#define _Handle_
 
class Handle
{
    Handle *handler;
public:
    Handle(int user1, int user2) : handler(new myclass(user1, user2)){}
    Handle *operator->(){return handler;}
 
    ~Handle(){delete handler;}
 
};
 
#endif
 
 

Error Message is :

1. c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.h(10) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'class myclass *' to 'class Handle *'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

2. c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.h(10) : error C2439: 'handler' : member could not be initialized
c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.h(8) : see declaration of 'handler'


3. c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.cpp(14) : error C2039: 'getx' : is not a member of 'Handle'
c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.h(7) : see declaration of 'Handle'

4. c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.cpp(15) : error C2039: 'gety' : is not a member of 'Handle'
c:\documents and settings\nicholas tse\my documents\c++\handleclass.h(7) : see declaration of 'Handle'

These are all the errors i got from the compiler.

Thaks for your help.

Your help is greatly appreciated by me and others.

[AdrianH]

Hello all C++ expert programmer,

I have a handle class which point to another class and use the pointer as object.

I follow the code from C++ articles submited by someone in this forum. Unfortunately, my compilation is failed.

Below is my code :

// Main.cpp
 
#include<iostream>
#include "myclass.h"
#include "HandleClass.h"
 
using namespace std;
 
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    Handle aHandler(3, 4);
 
    aHandler->getx();
    aHandler->gety();
 
    return 0;
}
 
 

Heade File :

// Handle Class
 
#ifndef _myclass_
#define _myclass_
 
class myclass
{
    int x, y;
 
public:
    myclass() : x(0), y(0){}
    myclass(int user1, int user2) : x(user1), y(user2){}
 
    ~myclass(){}
 
    void getx(){std::cout << "X is " << x;}
    void gety(){std::cout << "Y is " << y;}
};
 
#endif
 
 

Header File :

// Handle to class
 
#ifndef _Handle_
#define _Handle_
 
class Handle
{
    Handle *handler;
public:
    Handle(int user1, int user2) : handler(new myclass(user1, user2)){}
    Handle *operator->(){return handler;}
 
    ~Handle(){delete handler;}
 
};
 
#endif
 
 

Error Message is :


These are all the errors i got from the compiler.

Thaks for your help.

Your help is greatly appreciated by me and others.

It is quite simple, look at line 10 in file handleclass.h, then look at the message. myclass is not a Handle so you cannot assign a myclass pointer to it.


Adrian

[Peterwkc]

Then how to solve it. I have no idea what is handle class.

Thanks for your help.

Your help is greatly appreciated by me and others.

[JosAH]

Hello all C++ expert programmer,

I have a handle class which point to another class and use the pointer as object.

I follow the code from C++ articles submited by someone in this forum. Unfortunately, my compilation is failed.

Have a look at the C/C++ Articles section; it has a nice article about just this:
handle classes; the article even explains reference counting handle classes or
'fat pointers' or 'smart pointers'.

kind regards,

Jos