C++ Class with member varialble vector <another class> - c++

Question

I have an assignment to make Information system about resorts in a country, be able to read/write data for the resorts from/to file and modifying it.
class CTоurist{
string m_StrName;
string m_StrCountry;
int m_iAge;
public:
//constructors, mutators, accessors overloading operator <<,>>
};
I don't have problem writing this class. And here I have class which contains as member variable vector of the first class's objects
class CHotel
{
string m_strHotelName;
int m_iNumberOfBets;
double m_dAveragePrice; //average price per bet in the hotel
vector <CTourist> m_vecTourists; //vector of tourists rested in the hotel
public:
.....
};
And one more class Resort containing as member variable vector of the second class's objects
class CResort
{
string m_ResortName;
unsigned m_Height;
vector<CHotel*> m_Hotels;
public:
.....
};
So here is the problem. I'm not sure how to write the accessor,mutator and constructors for that vector variable so I can use them property. Thank you for checking and if someone could help me figure out these functions I'll be really grateful!

Answer 1

if i understand correctly you want to know the best way to get your hotels from cResort.
i would recommend
cHotel* GetHotelByName(std::string& a_sName)
{
for(int i = 0; i < m_Hotels.size(); ++i)
{
if(m_Hotel[i].GetName() == a_sName)
return m_Hotel[i]
}
return nullptr; // if non found return return null
}
and add a GetName function to your hotel class which returns a string of its name.
this also allows you to SetName etc.

Answer 2

1) Accessor, mutator: There are plenty of options.
You can create another class like CTouristList (and CHotelList respectively), that wraps the vector, have it referenced from the CHotel class (accessor methods like CTouristList& CHotel::GetTouristList() and const CTouristList& CHotel::GetTouristList() const) and implement methods like CTouristList::Add, CTouristList::Remove, CTouristList::Get, etc.
Or you can add methods like CHotel::AddTourist() directly on the CHotel class.
2) Constructor. Nothing needed in constructor. But for vector<CHotel*> you may need destructor in CResort to explicitly free the CHotel instances. Though not sure why you want to use pointers to CHotel.

Answer 3

You can put the accessor and mutator functions in CTourist just like you would if they were not being stored in a Vector.
To utilize them once they are in CHotel you could add a function in CHotel that returns a pointer to a CTourist.
// Access a CTourist
Hotel.getTourist(1)->setName("Tourist name");
Adding a method that returns the number of tourist that visited a hotel would make it easier to loop through them.
for(int i = o; i < Hotel.touristCount(); ++i)
{
// Do something useful
std:: cout << "Hello " << Hotel.getTourist(i)->getName();
}
In that case your CHotel::touristCount() would be a wrapper around the vector<>.size();
If you do not want code outside of CHotel to have direct access to a CTourist object then create wrapper functions in CHotel that do what you would want to do externally.
i.e.
std::cout << Hotel.getTouristName(1);
instead of
std::cout << Hotel.getTourist(1)->getName();