HomeSpan - How do I not use the "new" keyword so I can refer to the classes?

[gfvalvo]

@J-M-L

I'd recommend following the Tutorials

Thanks, but not interested. I have no involvement with the Apple ecosystem. I was only interested from a C++ coding technique point of view.

@J-M-L

one thing that is not obvious at first (and author tried to highlight that through indentation) is that when you do

  new SpanAccessory();                              // Begin by creating a new Accessory using SpanAccessory(), no arguments needed
    new Service::AccessoryInformation();            // HAP requires every Accessory to implement an AccessoryInformation Service, with the required Identify Characteristic
      new Characteristic::Identify();               // Create the required Identify  

the service and Characteristic are automatically attached to the most recently created element (so here Identify s attached to AccessoryInformation which is attached to our new SpanAccessory)

Yes, I picked that up by looking at the library's source code.