implementing a list of a class

[bozmin]

Is it possible to have a List of a class inside that class??
Lets say I have my Clients class in the file " Client.h "
Client.h

class Client{
    public:
       Client();
       Client(const string& firstName, const string& lastName);
       //....... More functions
    private:
       list<Client>myClients;  <===== This line bothers me 
       //....
};

Is it possible that this code works?
If yes, how could I implement it or push_back the new client from the constructor?

[Peter87]

If you want to add each object that is created to this list you probably want to use a list of pointers instead.
I also guess you want all Clients to share the same list. In that case you should declare it as a static variable.

static list<Client*> myClients;

And then you also have to define it outside the class (in the a source file), like so:

list<Client*> Client::myClients;

In the constructor you can use the this keyword to get a pointer to the current object.

myClients.push_back(this);

Don't forget to remove the pointer in the destructor.

[gunnerfunner]

Don't forget to remove the pointer in the destructor.

Or you can use smart pointers and the pointers will delete their managed objects automatically before going out of scope

[coder777]

Is it possible that this code works?

Yes.

If yes, how could I implement it or push_back the new client from the constructor?

I'm not sure if i understand this?

However you can use emplace_back:

       Client(const string& firstName, const string& lastName)
{
  myClients.emplace_back(firstName, lastName);
}

If that is what you mean?