Description
The raw pointer to the managed object. Always non-null in a valid TSharedRef — guaranteed by constructor checks. Access through Get() or operator*() rather than directly.
Caveats & Gotchas
- • Object is private. There is no public raw-pointer accessor named Get() that returns by value on TSharedRef; instead Get() returns a reference (ObjectType&). Use Get() or ToSharedPtr().Get() for a raw pointer.
- • The only scenario where Object can be null internally is the special FIntrusiveUnsetOptionalState constructor, which creates an unset sentinel for TOptional<TSharedRef> support. User code never creates TSharedRef in this state directly.
- • Friendship grants access to TSharedPtr, TWeakPtr, and the MakeSharedRef factory — not to arbitrary user code.
Signature
ObjectType* ObjectExample
Accessing the object through the public interface C++
TSharedRef<FMyData> DataRef = MakeShared<FMyData>();
// Get() returns a reference, not a pointer:
FMyData& DataByRef = DataRef.Get();
// For a raw pointer, convert to TSharedPtr first:
FMyData* RawPtr = DataRef.ToSharedPtr().Get();Tags
Version History
Introduced in: 4.0
| Version | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | stable | — |
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