Delete heap based objects in vector?

[openuser]

Hi,
I'm just wondering: when I have class A which owns a non-heap based vector which stores pointers to heap based object B (these objects are also owned by class A), and the object instance of the class A is deleted, then would I need to manually delete the heap based object B?

i.e.

class A{
private:
std::vector <B*> b
public:
void method1 ();
};

void A::method (void) {
B *newB = new B();
b.insert(someiterator, newB);
}

int main () {
A a;
}

In this case, would I need a destructor that deletes all of the objects of B in A's vector?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

[Banfa]

Yes you would have to delete all the instances of class B yourself.

An alternitive would be to use Smart Pointers or the Handle Class, there is an article on them here. These smart pointers automatically delete the data when there are not longer any references to it.

[openuser]

Thank you so much for the reply!
You are a great help!