/***************************************************************
* Name: Rafael Orta
* Course: Computer Science & Programming
* Class: CS04103 Section: 4 &5
* Assignment Date: 04/15/18
* File Name: friendClass.cpp
*****************************************************************
* ID: Lecture 11-2
* Purpose: Example of a friend of a class
*****************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Test
{
public:
Test()
{
TestVar = 0;
}
private:
int TestVar; // Remember private objects can only be accessed by members of the class and friends of the class.
// The Class is declaring that the function definition below is a friend thus trusted
friend void TestFriend(Test& tvo);
}; // Note that the clause above is inside the class definition.
// Below is the function definition for TestFriend, please notice how you can access the variable TestVar
// from the class even that it is declared private.
void TestFriend (Test& tvo)
{
tvo.TestVar = 99;
cout << tvo.TestVar << endl;
}
int main()
{
Test C1;
TestFriend(C1);
return 0;
}
