Simple Question, I think

I have two classes A and B.

class A has it's member functions as public and its data types as private. Class B also has it member functions as public and data types as private. BUT (here's my problem) in class B one of the datatypes is A example....

// This is class B
private:
A a;
char* string;
static int count;

i have to access class A WITHOUT using inheritance, only using class composition. When i compile i get the error "var1" cannot access private member of class A. If i cant use inheritance how do i access its members. Secondly, in class B i have to use the default constructor to initialize the the data types from class A.
example....
class A has....
int a, b,c

i've done it like this...but its wrong

B(a.a,a.b,a.c) //class B constructor intializing data types from class A

anyone has any ideas?
Hopefully this gives u an understanding....

Perhaps you could make a public function (method) that returns the value you wish to have.

Code:

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class MyFunc
{
  public:
    int ReturnValue();
  private:
    int PrivateValue;
};

int MyFunc::ReturnValue()
{
  return PrivateValue;
}

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a ought to initialize in its constructor. Are you providing default values for the constructors in A? Otherwise, provide default values when you declare a in B (and have the appropriate constructor in A).
Also, do you #include whatever header file A is in in B? That's your most likely problem.

since class A's private members can only be accessed by its own member functions, then you need class B's constructor to call the public member functions of class A that modify the private members (accessors). I may be wrong or be doing it the long/hard way.

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Originally posted by Syneris
since class A's private members can only be accessed by its own member functions, then you need class B's constructor to call the public member functions of class A that modify the private members (accessors). I may be wrong or be doing it the long/hard way.

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To modify the private members of A, yes, you need public methods in A accessible to B. But to create an instance of A, the constructors should do the job. I bet #including in whatever file B is in in whatever file A is defined in will do the trick.