Acessing the data from one object from another object

Hi ,

I am a beginner in C++.

I want to know how can we access data member of a class from another class. I am facing problem in visualizing the things in writing separate .h and .cpp file.

Here I explain the things.We have three classes.

In a.cpp (assuming the a.h files is wriiten )

Code:

#include "a.h"
 A::A()
{
    int ii=1;
 }
void  A:: fun_a()
{
    cout<<"Value in A:"<<ii<<endl;
}

In b.h

Code:

#include "a.h"
Class B
{
    int jj;
    A b_aa;
public:
    void fun_b();
    void change_ii();
};

In b.cpp

Code:

#include "b.h"
 B::B()
{
    jj=2;
}

void B::fun_b()
{
      cout<<"value in A:" << ii <<"value in B:" <<jj;
 }
void B::change_ii()
{
    ii=5;
}

// suppose both the functions are called and the value of ii is 5 and jj is 2
//Now I want to access the data ii from and jj from the C class.
//I want to assign kk a member of C class or a simple variable the value of ii (i.e. 5).

How to go about it ?

If declare a member of type B in our C class..it will carete another instance of B but does not contains the data in the live B object.

Is passing a reference to the B class in the contructor of C class is asolution? If so, whow to do that. I am getting confused in implementin this concept.

And what other ways are there?

Thanks and regards,
Alex



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Code:

A::A()
{
    int ii=1;
}

This looks like a mistake as ii is a local variable. You probably intended to write:

Code:

A::A()
{
    ii=1;
}

But you might as well use the constructor's initialisation list:

Code:

A::A() : ii(1) {}

Anyway, the ii member variable of A is (presumably) private. You would need to provide some kind of getter such that B and C objects can access it.

If declare a member of type B in our C class..it will carete another instance of B but does not contains the data in the live B object.

Is passing a reference to the B class in the contructor of C class is asolution? If so, whow to do that. I am getting confused in implementin this concept.

I suggest that you give meaningful names to the classes and functions and explain what you are trying to solve. Sure, metasyntactic names are fine for demonstrating syntax, but if you want to know if a solution is applicable, you need to present the problem.

Thanks for ur reply.

Will you please tell me how to acess that data members.
I was using those kinds of name just to convey the idea.

The real life problem may be like this:

I have a HttpEngine class and it stores the data received from the parsed from the server in a XMLData class.

I want to display this data in a different class called MyView.Where I want to access it.

How is it implemented....

regards,

If ii is not static, it exists only in instances of A. In B::fun_b you probably want to access ii in the instance called b_aa that is declared in B.

Code:

void B::fun_b()
{
      cout<<"value in A:" << b_aa.ii <<"value in B:" <<jj;
 }

Of course, if that doesn't work because ii is private in A, that means that ii of A was not meant to be accessed directly in the first place.