From d452625ed1d54a2fcffc48f310b1be43b146302d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sztomi <szelei.t@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 20:23:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added * and -> operators to object_handle

---
 include/msgpack/v1/object.hpp | 12 ++++++++++++
 test/object.cpp               |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/msgpack/v1/object.hpp b/include/msgpack/v1/object.hpp
index 6ea84464..64da8c53 100644
--- a/include/msgpack/v1/object.hpp
+++ b/include/msgpack/v1/object.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ public:
     const msgpack::object& get() const
         { return m_obj; }
 
+    /**
+     * @return object (to mimic smart pointers).
+     */
+    const msgpack::object& operator*() const 
+        { return get(); }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the address of the object (to mimic smart pointers).
+     */
+    const msgpack::object* operator->() const 
+        { return &get(); }
+
     /// Get unique_ptr reference of zone.
     /**
      * @return unique_ptr reference of zone
diff --git a/test/object.cpp b/test/object.cpp
index 1fd19451..64895102 100644
--- a/test/object.cpp
+++ b/test/object.cpp
@@ -445,3 +445,12 @@ TEST(object, pack_double)
     EXPECT_EQ(static_cast<size_t>(9), ss1.str().size());
     EXPECT_EQ(ss1.str(), ss2.str());
 }
+
+TEST(object, handle_operators)
+{
+    int i = 1;
+    msgpack::object obj(i);
+    msgpack::object_handle oh = msgpack::clone(obj);
+    EXPECT_EQ(oh.get(), *oh);
+    EXPECT_EQ(oh->as<int>(), oh.get().as<int>());
+}