Thread: << and >> overloading

I am currently writing code for a class where I need to overload the << and >> operators....now when I do so it gives me errors that the private components I'm trying to access within the class are unaccessable...

I have defined both the << and >> operator overloads as friends in the class description but still it says it cannot access the members

Is there something else I need to do? heres some snippets of code

Code:

class Store
{
      friend ostream & operator>>(ostream&, const Store &);
      friend istream & operator<<(istream&, Store &);
      public:
    .....

private:
      float revenue;
      int numOwners;
      Owner *owners;

      void copy(const Store &s);
      void free();

};



istream &operator>>(istream &in, Store &c)
{
        int i;
        in >> ws >> c.name >> c.revenue >> c.numOwners;

        c.owners=new Owner[c.numOwners+1];

        for(i=0; i<c.numOwners; i++)
        {
                c.owners[i].read(inn);
        }

        return in;
}


ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const Store &c)
{
        int i;

        out << "Name: " << c.name <<endl;
        out << "Revenue: " <<setiosflags(ios::showpoint) << setiosflags(ios::fixed) << setprecision(2) << c.revenue << " (in Millons)" <<endl;

        out << "NumOwners: " << c.numOwners <<endl;
        out << "Owners:" <<endl;

        for(i=0; i<c.numOwners; i++)
        {
                c.owners[i].print(out);
        }

        return out;
}

and with this I get errors for in accesability like:
"cxx: Error: Store.cc, line 121: member "Store::revenue" is inaccessible
in >> ws >> c.name >> c.revenue >> c.numOwners;
--------------------------------^
cxx: Error: Store.cc, line 121: member "Store::numOwners" is inaccessible
in >> ws >> c.name >> c.revenue >> c.numOwners;
---------------------------------------------^
cxx: Error: Store.cc, line 123: member "Store:wners" is inaccessible
c.owners=new Owner[c.numOwners+1];
----------^"

etc

Anything I am forgetting? I cant see it if i did

Thanks,

Arm