Overloading the Class Member Access Operator ->

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Syntax

postfix-expression -> primary-expression

Description

The expression x->m, where x is a class X object, is interpreted as:

(x.operator->())->m 

so that the function operator ->() must either return a pointer to a class object or return an object of a class for which operator -> is defined.

The operator ->() can only be overloaded as a nonstatic member function.

See Also

• Example Of Overloading Operators
• Overloaded Operators And Inheritance
• Overloading Binary Operators
• Overloading Operator Functions
• Overloading The Assignment operator = (C++)
• Overloading The Function Call Operator ( )
• Overloading The Subscript Operator