Re: Pass CComPrt to and from function

From:
"Alexander Nickolov" <agnickolov@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:38:26 -0700
Message-ID:
<ujopT651GHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
I'd use a const reference for the setter:

void CLRHost::SetCComPtr(const CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost>& _rntHost)
{
    rntHost = _rntHost;
}

Not that the original code is wrong, but it unnecessarily creates
an extra object. This doesn't impact performance here, since
CComPtr is tiny and the extra AddRef/Release calls don't have
performance implications, but beware for other uses...

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<brosembob@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1158074777.338094.282230@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

Hi there,
I'm trying to use CComPtr class. What's the right way to pass to and
return from function CComPrt object? Following is the snippet of code
that I have so far. It compiles and seems to do what I need, but I'm
not sure if it's Ok to pass entire class back and forth.

Thanks for your help,
Bob

//************ Header file *********
class CLRHost
{
public:
CLRHost();
virtual ~CLRHost();
CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost> GetCComPtr(void);
SetComPtr(CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost>);
private:
CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost> rntHost;
CComPtr<_AppDomain> spDefAppDomain;
CComPtr<_ObjectHandle> spObjectHandle;
CComPtr<IDispatch> pDisp;
};

//************* Class implementation (.Cpp file) ***
CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost> CLRHost::GetCComPtr(void)
{
return rntHost;
}

void CLRHost::SetCComPtr(CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost> _rntHost)
{
rntHost = _rntHost;
}

...
...
...
//************** Call to the clrHost object to set/get CComPtr ****
CComPtr<ICorRuntimeHost> host;
clrHost.SetCComPtr(spRuntimeHost);
host = clrHost.GetCComPtr();

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