Question

Having something like the following code (simplified):

struct MyStruct {
    int member1;
    int member2;
};

class MyClass { 
    MyStruct *data;
}


MyClass obj;

// put obj.data in pstruct  
// so obj.data->element1 is the same as pstruct->element1
MyStruct *pstruct = obj;

I don’t want to create a copy of obj.data but return the same pointer so if i make a change in pstruct->member1 the change is the same in obj.data->element1 (and the opposite).

Is this possible?

Thanks

Answer 1

Sounds like you want a conversion operator that creates a MyStruct* from a MyClass:

class MyClass {
    MyStruct *data;
public:
    operator MyStruct*() {
       return data;
    }
};