I am working on a c++ project. I need to put into a std::vector different classes. I found ( Objects of different classes in a single vector? ) that it is possible to do this by creating classes with a common type and then putting pointers to the vector. In this case I could cast the pointers to the type I need. This is clear to me.
It is also mentioned that in principle it is possible to use not just pointers but smart_pointers, ie std::vector<std::unique_ptr<TMyClass>>
. And this is where my problems start. TMyClass
has the indexing operator ( operator[]
).
Lets say I have std::vector<std::unique_ptr<TMyClass>> A
. I try to access an element of the TMyClass
object like this A[0][0]
or A[0].get()[0]
or (A[0])[0]
but when I compile I get an error:
[bcc64 Error] type 'value_type' (aka 'std::unique_ptr<.....>') does not provide a subscript operator
How can I tell the compiler that the second index is related to TMyClass
object and not to the unique_ptr
? I would highly appreciate if somebody explains me how to access elements in this case.
You need to extract pointer first
A[0] //type: std::unique_ptr<TMyClass>&
Then extract object from that pointer (pointee)
*A[0] //type: TMyClass&
And then you can use your overloaded operators on this object
(*A[0])[0]
Pointers must be dereferenced. So, I would guess (*A[0])[0]
or
. Not nice looking, but that's pointers for youA[0]->[0]
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