Syntax not understood

Question

What is the significant of * in this line please ?

CourseClass::CourseClass(Professor* professor){
}

Answer 1

It says the function argument is of pointer type.

void foo1(int bar) { }  // foo1 accepts an integer argument

void foo2(int *bar) { }  // foo2 accepts an integer pointer.

Answer 2

该函数将接受Profess类型的指针参数